A world of salty, sharp and creamy delights awaits the martini drinker who is keen to explore the many potential pairings of dairy produce with the silver bullet.

From the classical olive stuffed with blue cheese to simple bread and butter, cheese crackers to the highly popular parmesan infused vodka, there’s so much to enjoy.

See the posts below for more ideas, pairings and recipes:

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  Simple Pleasures – Serving Bread and Butter with a Classic Martini
  The unexpected discovery that bread and butter makes a perfect accompaniment to a martini, providing comfort and enhancing the sense of simple appreciation.
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  A Martini with Black Charcoal Crackers
  A variation on business class airline service style from London to Moscow
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  A Martini with Danish Smørrebrød
  Some colourful inspiration from Danish cuisine
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  Hebridean Blue Cheese
  This is a delicious, sharp but creamy cheese that goes really nicely with a martini. The Hebrides are a beautiful – if wet – constellation of islands located off the west coast of Scotland. One of these islands is the Isle of Mull, which like many places in this part of the world, has a wealth of culinary produce. Much of this produce goes exceedingly …
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  Prunes with Blue Cheese and Prosciutto
  This is a delicious warm umami-salty-sweet nibble to accompany a frosty martini. It’s a little bit of a faff to prepare but it’s worth it!
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  Bubbling Crispy Cheese Wafers
  Easy to make, small, crunchy and tasty cheese wafers that you can serve as an appetiser or even a garnish with your martini.
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  Fusion Food: Seaweed Butter for Martini Canapés
  I recently enjoyed a discovery taster menu at the beautiful Michelin-starred Greenhouse restaurant in London’s Mayfair area. I didn’t have any martinis as I didn’t want to spoil my palette before the dining extravaganza but the setting was beautiful, the food utterly inspiring and the service convivial and professional; in-depth but relaxed. What a treat! It certainly set my martini-obsessed brain into overload thinking of …
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  The Parmesan Cheese Martini
  A recipe for a parmesan martini made by infusing vodka with parmesan cheese.
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  Mini blini
   Here is a highly tasty and versatile nibble from Russia; a country with a huge amount of expertise when it comes to drinking and tradition.    While I would normally encourage making things at home, I saw some miniature blini for sale in the supermarket and decided just to buy them for a martini accompaniment. Otherwise, I have seen several good recipes online. I found this …