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50-50 Martini Recipe

Name: The Morris 50-50 Martini Recipe
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 1 oz dry gin; 1 oz dry vermouth; 1 cup ice (for mixing); 1 piece lemon twist or green olive; 1 dash angostura or orange bitters (optional)

Inspired by The Morris

Time10m

Serves1

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Ingredients

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Cocktail Base

1 oz dry gin1 oz dry vermouth

Finish & Garnish

1 cup ice (for mixing)1 piece lemon twist or green olive1 dash angostura or orange bitters (optional)

Method

Cocktail Base

Chill glass (optional)

Place a martini or coupe glass in the freezer for 5–10 minutes, or fill it with ice water while you prepare the cocktail to ensure the drink stays very cold.

Combine ingredients

Add 1 oz dry gin and 1 oz dry vermouth to a mixing glass or cocktail shaker. If you like a whisper of bitters, add 1 dash of Angostura or orange bitters now.

Stir with ice

Fill the mixing glass with ice (about 1 cup). Stir gently with a bar spoon for 20–30 seconds (about 15–20 full rotations) until the mixture is well chilled and slightly diluted — the liquid should feel very cold against your hand and the outside of the mixing glass will start to frost.

Prepare glass

If you chilled the glass with ice water, dump the water and briefly dry the glass so it’s cold but not wet. If it was in the freezer, remove it just before straining.

Strain

Using a julep strainer or the shaker’s built-in strainer, strain the chilled martini into the chilled martini or coupe glass, leaving the ice behind.

Finish & Garnish

Garnish & serve

Express the oils of a lemon twist over the surface of the cocktail by holding the twist skin-side down about 2–3 inches above the glass and giving it a quick squeeze, then rub the rim with the peel and drop it in. Alternatively, garnish with a single green olive on a pick. Serve immediately.