Very dirty martini

Name: Very dirty martini
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 slice roasted Florina pepper or roasted red pepper; pitted and sliced to make 1 tsp kalamata olives plus 2 whole stone-in olives; 2 sprigs thyme; 50ml vodka; 25ml Lillet Blanc

Published: November 5, 2021 at 12:03 PM

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Serves 1

Easy

Total time: 5 mins

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This twist on a dirty martini comes from Crouch End restaurant, Kalimera. It incorporates flavours of Kalamata olives with roasted Florina pepper and thyme

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Origins of the Very Dirty Kalimera Martini

This recipe was created by our friend and incredibly talented bartender Sotiris Sakkas, and was born from the idea of making a drink with the Kalamata olives from Télémaque’s family olive grove in Laconia, Greece. We emphasise the Greek flavours by infusing roasted Florina pepper and thyme into the drink. This recipe comes from Crouch End restaurant, Kalimera

Ingredients

1 slice roasted Florina pepper or roasted red pepper
pitted and sliced to make 1 tsp kalamata olives

plus 2 whole stone-in olives
2 sprigs thyme
50ml vodka
25ml Lillet Blanc

Method

step 1

Put the pepper, olives and one sprig of thyme in a shaker, muddle the ingredients and add the vodka and Lillet Blanc. Shake, then fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously twice, then fine strain and pour into a martini glass.
step 2

Put the whole Kalamata olives on a cocktail stick and use to garnish the drink along with the remaining sprig of thyme.

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