Dates with Salted Tahini: an unexpected Martini snack from Oman
A simple pairing from the heady frankincense aroma of Nizwa market in Oman. Continue reading Dates with Salted Tahini: an unexpected Martini snack from Oman
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A Recent Lemon Drop Martini
A shotgun wedding of zesty citrus, heady orange, sweet and sour all married up in a sugar-rimmed glass by vodka marauding with intent. Continue reading A Recent Lemon Drop Martini
Revisiting the Breakfast Martini
An homage to Salvatore Calabrese’s sweet and sour creation Continue reading Revisiting the Breakfast Martini
A Martini with Liquorice
A sweet, but sometimes salted accompaniment you might want to try with your martini. Continue reading A Martini with Liquorice
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! Continue reading Prunes with Blue Cheese and Prosciutto
Physalis – my (second) Favourite Martini Fruit
My favourite martini fruit will always be a good quality lemon. Let’s get that out of the way right now. Unless we’re talking about lemons, or the (let’s be honest: somewhat lower deck) world of fruity cocktails, martinis and fruit tend not to mix very often. Sometimes there’s grapefruit, lime or orange peel – the citrus world is certainly compatible as a garnish for gin. … Continue reading Physalis – my (second) Favourite Martini Fruit
A Portuguese Martini
This is a very simple martini variation using Portuguese fortified wine in place of vermouth. It works well with a gin martini but can be even better as part of a vodka martini. Continue reading A Portuguese Martini
The Champagne Cocktail
An easy recipe for making champagne cocktails at home, using sugar, Angostura bitters, brandy and sparkling wine. Continue reading The Champagne Cocktail
Sweet martini accompaniments
Normally I would only ever serve savoury snacks to accompany a martini, but there have been a small number of exceptions. I don’t have a sweet tooth but some of you might, so this is for you. I made some umami tuna steaks for a friend for dinner (thank you Laura Santtini for the recipe). We had a martini as an apéritif before the meal … Continue reading Sweet martini accompaniments
The Breakfast Martini
Wake up to something magically taboo. Marmalade cocktails have been around for a long time but the decadent breakfast martini was invented by Salvatore Calabrese in the Lanesborough hotel in London in 2000. It involves gin, marmalade, lemon juice and Cointreau or Triple Sec. Those nice people at Fragata sent me a jar of Marmalade from their native Spain. It tasted so good … Continue reading The Breakfast Martini
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