Very dirty martini
Serves 1
Easy
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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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- 1 slice roasted Florina pepper or roasted red pepper
- pitted and sliced to make 1 tsp kalamata olivesplus 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.
