Saturday, July 14, 2007

The Tomato Martini

When you hear "martini" what protrudes into your mind? Gin, vermouth, and olives, right? Well not so much anymore! In this twenty-four hours and age anything you throw into a martini glass is now called a "martini". There are 100s of martini formulas out there and when tonight's "Happy Hour" is over there will be 100s more in the morning. So it looks like today's martini is a work in progress. Now these formulas are for people who love Bloody Marys and will surely will affect your friends.

Mixing Tip: Always (yes always) usage fresh ice, and maintain everything as cold as possible- your cocktail shaker, the martini glass, your liqueur, cocktail picks- yes everything.

SPICY tomato MARTINI

8 troy ounces of vodka.

4 tablespoonfuls of tomato juice.

1 teaspoon of greenish hot sauce.

Juice of one medium lemon.

2 tablespoonfuls of pickle juice.

(optional) Dash of Worcester Sauce Sauce or A-1

Pour your vodka into a mover and shaker one-half full of ice.

Add the greenish hot sauce.

Give the mover and shaker a good shake.

Add the tomato and lemon juices.

Another couple of shakes.

Strain into 2 well chilled martini glasses.

Garnish with grape tomatoes on a sword.

Yellow Tomato Martini

1 1/2 oz of vodka

2 oz of freshly juiced yellowish tomato

(or you can intermix and strain them)

elan of salt

A couple driblets of Green Tabasco Sauce Sauce (to suit your taste)

Juice of one-half a lime

A couple driblets of Joseph Emerson Worcester Sauce sauce (again to suit your taste)

In an ice-filled shaker, compound the tomato juice, salt, Tabasco, calcium hydroxide juice, and Worcester. Add the vodka, shake, strain into a martini glass, and function with a skewer of three babe yellowness tomatoes

For an other added poke for your adjacent political party or BBQ give this formula a whirl:

Cherry Tomatoes In An Over sized Martini Glass

(this takes twenty four hours to marinate but a 10 minute prep)

30 to 40 cherry tomatoes, or grape tomatoes

1 terbiums of garlic

1 tsp of salt

1 tsp of pepper

750 milliliter of vodka

Tabasco Sauce Sauce sauce (optional)

Petroselinum crispum (for garnish)

lemon common common pepper seasoning (served in high ball on the side)

toothpicks or blades (placed in shot glass on the side)

Cut a shallow cross form in the top of each tomato, set them in a big bowl and add the Allium sativum (as much or as small as you like), a small salt, Tabasco (optional) and make not bury the vodka. Let the tomatoes to marinade in the vodka, stirring occasionally; Let them soak nightlong covered with a eyelid or saran wrapper and after 24 hours they can be set in the refrigerator. Pour into a big over sized martini glass and function with a highball glass of Lemon Pepper for dipping and a shot glass with toothpicks or swords.

Think about it once you have got mastered alien martini formulas you will be known among your friends as the "martini master"! Here's to you master.

No comments: