Name: Vodka martini
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 60ml vodka; 10ml dry vermouth; 1 pickled green chilli; 1 big green pitted olive, plus 10ml olive brine; 1 small smoked eel fillet

Vodka martini with a long twist of lemon peel

Ingredients

60ml vodka
10ml dry vermouth

FOR THE GARNISH (optional)

1 pickled green chilli
1 big green pitted olive, plus 10ml olive brine
1 small smoked eel fillet

Method

STEP 1
If using the garnish, wrap the chilli around the olive and eel, and spear through the middle with a cocktail stick.
STEP 2
Chill a couple of martini glass in the freezer for a few minutes. Pack ice into a cocktail shaker or small jug and pour over the vodka, vermouth and olive brine.
STEP 3
Stir with a bar spoon until icy cold – this will take a couple of minutes. If including, put the garnish into the glass and strain the vodka mixture on top.