How to make a Martini according to a step-by-step recipe

Martini vermouth is a fairly popular alcoholic drink, especially loved by the fair sex and partygoers. The secret of the recipe for this drink is carefully guarded by the manufacturer (Martini & Rossi), but this does not mean that home experimenters could not create an analogue of this slightly bitter, but easy-to-drink fortified wine. It is unlikely that it will be possible to completely recreate the original martini, consisting of more than two hundred spices and herbs, but it is quite possible to prepare a very close resemblance.

Homemade Martini recipe

Martini is an exquisite alcoholic drink in which the intoxicating bitterness of wormwood and the tempting sweet and sour shade of the ingredients used are amazingly intertwined. Ardent fans of this alcohol are mainly representatives of the fair half of society, who only in rare cases deny themselves the pleasure of savoring the amazing, divine elixir.

Classic Martini recipe

Of course, we will not be able to completely recreate the original alcohol, which includes at least 200 herbs and spices, but it is quite possible to make the closest thing to the original, a pleasant fortified wine with a characteristic bitterness. The entire preparation process is divided into three main stages: first, we prepare the herbal essence, which is responsible for the original and incomparable taste of the intoxicating drink, then the fortification of the wine, and finally, the creation of a homemade Martini.

Required Ingredients

Components	dosage
sagebrush	30 g
elder	5 g
fennel	2 g
nutmeg	4 g
elecampane	1 g
thyme	10 g
tarragon	1 g
peppermint	4 g
vanilla extract	2 g
rosemary	4 g
lemon zest	3 g
orange zest	3 g
St. John's wort	5 g
coriander	2 g
yarrow	5 g
calamus	3 g
cinnamon	5 g
carnation	4 buds
rose hip	6 g
chamomile	4 g
marjoram	4 g
dried ground ginger	4 g
cardamom	4 g
alcohol 75% strength	1 l + 70 ml
dry white wine	1 l
granulated sugar	120 g
bottled or spring water	60 ml

Cooking sequence

First step

Mix all the spices and herbs in a deep bowl and lightly knead with a masher or pestle.
Transfer the resulting mixture into a glass container and fill it with a liter of alcohol.
We transfer the bottle to a place hidden from sunlight, where room temperature is constantly maintained.
We leave the infusion for exactly three weeks, during which we shake the liquid thoroughly every day.
After the specified period, filter the infusion through a gauze cloth, and then repeat the process through a cotton filter.

Second step

Pour granulated sugar into a saucepan and fill it with the required amount of bottled water.
Stir the ingredients and send them to medium heat.
While stirring vigorously, wait for the liquid to boil, then reduce the heat to the lowest setting and simmer the syrup for another 5-7 minutes.
Remove the finished syrup from the heat and place it in a cool place, allowing it to cool naturally.
In another bowl, mix dry white wine and 70 ml of alcohol.
Add the cooled sugar syrup to the resulting alcoholic base and stir thoroughly again.

Third step

Add 5 ml of prepared herbal infusion to the resulting mixture of wine and syrup.
Stir the ingredients vigorously and well, then pour the drink into a glass container.
Close the vessel tightly and place it in a cool, dark place for aging.
We infuse the homemade alcoholic drink for at least two months - it is during this period that the herbal bouquet will open up and impart its best qualities to the drink.

Martini recipe based on moonshine

Undoubtedly, many will be interested in the Martini recipe with moonshine, which is specially designed for implementation in familiar home conditions. In order not to spoil the future drink and to achieve the delicate, refined taste of Martini, it is necessary to use grape moonshine exclusively double distilled with a careful selection of “heads” and “tails”, and also certainly purified with potassium permanganate or other means. In addition, moonshine should not have a sharp, unpleasant smell of fusel oils.

Required Ingredients

Components	dosage
grape moonshine with a strength of 43-45%	250 ml
granulated sugar	100 g
dry wine (white or red)	1 l
alpine wormwood (inflorescences)	3 g
fennel	2 g
yarrow	5 g
lemon zest	3 g
cinnamon	quarter stick
peppermint leaves	2 g
cardamom	3 g
chamomile	3 g
saffron	2 g
ground nutmeg	2 g

Cooking sequence

Grind cardamom, nutmeg and cinnamon in any convenient way.
Mix all the spices and herbs in a glass container for infusion.
Pour moonshine over the herbal mixture and seal the vessel tightly.
We transfer the infusion to a warm place hidden from the sun and keep it for 14 days. Every day, vigorously shake the contents of the vessel at least 2 times.
After two weeks, filter the infusion through a gauze and then a cotton filter, while very carefully squeezing out the solid part.
Pour the filtered liquid into a clean glass vessel and cover it with gauze.
Allow the infusion to “rest” for three hours until a sediment forms.
Carefully remove the herbal infusion from the sediment using a rubber tube. For our recipe you will need only half of the total mass of the infusion, and the second part can be stored in the refrigerator until the right time. The herbal essence is prepared in double volume for the reason that measuring out a smaller amount of ingredients is quite problematic.
Pour wine into an enamel bowl and add granulated sugar, mix.
Add half the volume of the prepared herbal essence there.
Heat the mixture over medium heat to a temperature of 65-70 degrees. Do not overheat the liquid under any circumstances!
We cool the finished alcohol naturally, and then pour it into glass bottles.
We place the strong drink in the refrigerator to stabilize the taste for about one week.

Walnut Martini recipe

The presented version of the strong drink in Italy is called Vino Di Nocino. It has its own zest in taste, which is expressed by enriching the standard taste of the drink under discussion with nutmeg shades. Another unique feature of this recipe is that if you use dry wine as a component, you will get an excellent aperitif, and if you add dessert wine, you will prepare an excellent digestif, which is not only tasty, but also healthy to drink after a hearty meal.

Required Ingredients

Components	dosage
green walnut	250 g
granulated sugar	100 g
wine	500 ml
grape alcohol 95% strength	100 ml

Manufacturing sequence

Carefully place the nuts in a glass holding vessel.
In a separate container, mix alcohol, wine and granulated sugar. Stir the mixture until the grains of the latter are completely dissolved.
Pour the prepared alcohol base into a vessel with nuts.
We seal the jar tightly and send it to a dark, windless place with a temperature no higher than 12 degrees.
Let the mixture sit for 10 days, making sure to shake the ingredients at least once a day.
We pass the almost finished alcoholic drink through a gauze filter, squeezing out the solid part of the infusion well, then filter the liquid through a cotton filter.
Pour the filtered alcohol into a glass container, seal it tightly and put it in the refrigerator to ripen for one and a half to two months.

Martini recipe video

After watching the presented videos, you will get acquainted with simplified recipes for homemade Martini, which were developed by professional winemakers through a long selection of the minimum composition of herbs and spices and as a result received an amazing result.

In this video, an experienced winemaker offers a proprietary recipe for preparing the homemade alcohol in question using ingredients that are not difficult to find. In addition to demonstrating the step-by-step cooking process, at the end of the video you will hear the author’s own opinion about the tasting qualities of his creation.

Let's start making martinis

Carefully weigh all the herbs and spices needed for the tincture. Grind cinnamon and cardamom using a rolling pin. Place everything in a glass jar and fill with alcohol or vodka, mix, and close with a lid. Place the jar of martini concentrate in a dark place for at least 2 weeks. We will periodically shake the container, mixing the components.
Filter the resulting tincture through several layers of gauze, squeezing out the herbs. After this, you need to let the sediment fall out, leaving the liquid for several hours or even a couple of days under a tightly closed lid.
Pour wine into an enamel pan, add sugar and the prepared herbal tincture. It is recommended to try the composition, if necessary, add alcohol or sugar to soften the taste, remembering that the martini should have a strength of 14-17%.
Bring the vermouth preparation to a temperature of 60–70 degrees, stirring it. After cooling at room conditions, it is also advisable to filter, especially if sediment is noticeable. Heating in industrial conditions is called stabilization; this process is designed to dissolve all components and create a single product from them - vermouth.
The next stage is the final one. Here you will have to be patient and keep your homemade martini in the cold for at least 15 days, tightly closing the bottles with the infused drink. The longer the vermouth is aged, the more advantageous its final taste will be. Therefore, the period can be 3 months, or even several years, because fortified wine, obtained by mixing with alcohol, can be stored for quite a long time.

Homemade Martini: secrets of making vermouth with your own hands

An alcoholic drink called martini belongs to the vermouth category.
Due to the popularity of this particular brand, this name has become associated with the bittersweet taste of all such products. Vermouths are fortified wines made from various herbs, mainly wormwood. Martini can be not only the traditional light shade, but also red or pink. They differ in sugar content. The sweetest is red. Pink and white are about the same. Dry vermouth with a sweetness of less than 5% is made as a separate drink. In addition to pure drink consumption, many martini cocktails are in demand. Making martinis at home is not as easy as it seems at first glance. This process is very painstaking and requires compliance with all stages. At the same time, what you get at home is not an approximate version or an analogue, but real vermouth, which pays off all the efforts in preparation.

Quick recipe

You can recreate the inimitable martini in a simpler way. There is no need for long infusion or scrupulous measuring of the proportions of all ingredients. However, this recipe has nothing to do with real vermouth with a complex bouquet of herbs - it’s just a cocktail that tastes close to Martini Bianco.

So, take 90 ml of gin and 30 ml of any inexpensive vermouth and lemon juice. Mix these ingredients. Pour the resulting mixture over 30 g of ice and a couple of slices of lemon peel. The cocktail, reminiscent of the legendary Martini in taste, is ready.

Preparing Martini

“Would you like something to drink, David?
“Vodka with martini, ice and one olive.”

So, through the cute American comedies and Bond films, a variety of drinks with exotic names poured to us, first in a thin trickle, and then in a stormy stream, as an element of the desired Western culture. Among them were various vermouths, the most prominent representative of which was the martini.

Why Martini?

The word “martini” is the surname of one of the founders of the company, a well-promoted brand, a sign of elegance, charm, aristocracy and much more. Cinzano is their closest opponent. Remember: “Always full, drunk, constantly drinking Cinzano, oh yes”? And they all make vermouth.

Moldovan vermouth Felici Bianco (Rose) is also known, but is not so popular due to insufficient availability. They are produced from high-quality Moldovan wines of white European grape varieties using an extract of 36 aromatic herbs and flowers growing in the Italian Alps.

Many people prefer to prepare vermouth at home, not trusting the authenticity of store-bought assortment. There is some truth in this mistrust, and by cooking yourself you gain the most important confidence in what is poured into your glass.

The German word Wermut literally means ordinary wormwood, and not fortified wine in the generally accepted sense. Martini as such is no longer a “wormwood wine”, but a drink with a deeper recipe, history, and culture.

So, to make a martini, you will need:

wine;
alcohol;
herbs;
sugar;
scales and measuring devices;
various glass containers
recipes.

Dry martini

For those who already know how to prepare liqueurs and liqueurs, there will be no problems with a martini recipe at home. Basic moments:

Sugar. Put less than 4% in white wine and you get dry vermouth. The norm for a strong drink is 100 g per 1 liter. wine, for dessert - 160 g.
Alcohol. The strength for a dessert mixture is 16% vol., for a strong one - 18% vol.
Wine. The redder it is, the more sugar you need.

Now, actually, about the manufacturing process:

For a tincture of 200 ml of alcohol and 85 ml of water, take the following ingredients:

wormwood - 10.7 g
nutmeg - 2.55 g
lemon balm - 5.1 g
yarrow - 9.18 g
cardamom - 4.08 g
sage - less than 1 g.

It is recommended to shake occasionally.
Leave in a dark place for one week. Strain thoroughly.
Pour a bottle of dry white wine into a larger container, add 1 dessert spoon of the resulting concentrate.
After 2 days, prepare a mixture of sugar syrup and alcohol. It is better to brew sugar syrup (100 g of sugar and 185 ml of water) and cool. Add 120 ml of alcohol. Leave everything in a tightly sealed container for another couple of days.

You have prepared a refreshing sweet white wine with a hint of bitterness, a pleasant bouquet and a familiar taste. Quality depends on the source materials and aging time. The main thing is not to rush. Some people advise replacing it with tarragon in the absence of wormwood, but in case of this deviation from the recipe, the very essence of vermouth is replaced.

Red dessert martini

He is greeted by the female half of humanity. Not yet a liqueur, but no longer a wine, this vermouth is often used as an aperitif before meals.

Preparing the tincture. For 200 ml of alcohol 85 ml of water (according to the standard recipe):

dried rose or rose petals - 13.6 g;
cinnamon - 2 g;
anise - 1 pinch;
ground ginger - on the tip of a knife;
wormwood - 10.7 g
cloves - 1.5 g
dried orange or lemon peels - 8 g.

It is advisable to put all the ingredients in a dark glass container and keep it for 7-10 days in a warm place out of reach of sunlight. Shake from time to time.
Add 1 dessert spoon of the resulting concentrate to red wine.
Add sugar syrup and alcohol according to point 5 of the previous recipe.

The thick, spicy aroma of tea rose with citrus notes and rich ruby color are conducive to a pleasant evening and conversation by candlelight. There are a great variety of cocktail recipes, an integral part of which is martini.

Conclusion

Martinis prepared at home are supposed to be eaten in them.
It has become an indispensable attribute of the New Year holidays, large and small family celebrations. Vermouth, as true gourmets note, harmonizes perfectly with poultry, fish, lamb and vegetable appetizers at room temperature. An infusion of medicinal herbs creates the illusion of a healing effect for most lovers. Numerous articles, books, serious scientific monographs, using the clever term “enotherapy”, convince readers of the undoubted benefits of wine. The sonorous names of Hippocrates and Asclepiades are used, bactericidal and antitoxic properties are mentioned, and the increased effectiveness of some medicinal mixtures with wine is mentioned.

But enthusiasts of cheerful feasts need to remember that “everything is medicine and everything is poison, depending on the dose,” as well as the sacramental inscription on the ancient monument: “I lived long because I ate and drank in moderation.”

How and with what to drink martini

After white or red vermouth has been prepared and aged for a sufficient period of time, it is time to taste it and evaluate the result of your labors. How to serve martini to the table?

The most common way to consume this legendary vermouth, a companion of bohemian parties, is to serve it in a cone-shaped wine glass that flares upward with an olive strung on a skewer. Although connoisseurs of the drink say that a straight, thick-walled glass gives more chances to reveal the peculiar smell of wormwood wine with notes of spicy spices.

Lemon or orange slices are excellent companions for vermouth, competing with olives. It can be served with ice or frozen berries as an aperitif, and is great as a base for a variety of cocktails. This alcoholic drink goes well with almost any type of snack. There is room for experimentation thanks to the soft and neutral taste of vermouth, prepared like the original martini in compliance with the technology and recipe.

Preparing Martini

“Would you like something to drink, David?
“Vodka with martini, ice and one olive.”

Why Martini?

The German word Wermut literally means ordinary wormwood, and not fortified wine in the generally accepted sense. Martini as such is no longer a “wormwood wine”, but a drink with a deeper recipe, history, and culture.

So, to make a martini, you will need:

wine;
alcohol;
herbs;
sugar;
scales and measuring devices;
various glass containers
recipes.

Dry martini

For those who already know how to prepare liqueurs and liqueurs, there will be no problems with a martini recipe at home. Basic moments:

Sugar. Put less than 4% in white wine and you get dry vermouth. The norm for a strong drink is 100 g per 1 liter. wine, for dessert - 160 g.
Alcohol. The strength for a dessert mixture is 16% vol., for a strong one - 18% vol.
Wine. The redder it is, the more sugar you need.

Now, actually, about the manufacturing process:

For a tincture of 200 ml of alcohol and 85 ml of water, take the following ingredients:

wormwood - 10.7 g
nutmeg - 2.55 g
lemon balm - 5.1 g
yarrow - 9.18 g
cardamom - 4.08 g
sage - less than 1 g.

It is recommended to shake occasionally.
Leave in a dark place for one week. Strain thoroughly.
Pour a bottle of dry white wine into a larger container, add 1 dessert spoon of the resulting concentrate.
After 2 days, prepare a mixture of sugar syrup and alcohol. It is better to brew sugar syrup (100 g of sugar and 185 ml of water) and cool. Add 120 ml of alcohol. Leave everything in a tightly sealed container for another couple of days.

Red dessert martini

He is greeted by the female half of humanity. Not yet a liqueur, but no longer a wine, this vermouth is often used as an aperitif before meals.

Preparing the tincture. For 200 ml of alcohol 85 ml of water (according to the standard recipe):

dried rose or rose petals - 13.6 g;
cinnamon - 2 g;
anise - 1 pinch;
ground ginger - on the tip of a knife;
wormwood - 10.7 g
cloves - 1.5 g
dried orange or lemon peels - 8 g.

It is advisable to put all the ingredients in a dark glass container and keep it for 7-10 days in a warm place out of reach of sunlight. Shake from time to time.
Add 1 dessert spoon of the resulting concentrate to red wine.
Add sugar syrup and alcohol according to point 5 of the previous recipe.

Conclusion

A simple cocktail recipe with Martini Extra Dry with olive

One of the most popular classic drink options that many people like. Easy to prepare, beautiful when served. What else do you need to experience the beauty of this recipe:

What you will need:

Gin – 30 ml.
Dry white vermouth – 10 ml.
A couple of olives.

It is customary to serve such drinks in a glass called a “martinka”. They have a thin stem and are shaped like an inverted umbrella.

How to cook

The glass must be well cooled before preparing the drink.

The gin is poured first.

Then vermouth is added to it, in our version it will be dry white.

Everything is mixed with a small spoon, but very carefully.

Then add ice and a couple of olives for decoration. That's it, the aperitif can be served.

Martini, vodka and juice – the famous Milano breeze

This version of the drink has been known since 1920. However, many years have passed since then, and during this time the recipe has changed significantly - it has become simpler and more accessible. However, a touch of luxury and freshness goes nowhere. it can be felt by anyone who loves the combination of strong alcohol and juice.

What you will need:

High quality vodka – 25 ml.
Rose vermouth – 25 ml.
Freshly squeezed grapefruit juice – 50 ml.
Cranberry juice – 100 ml.
Grapefruit - a couple of slices.
180 g ice cubes.

The finished version should be served in highball glasses. Only in them will it look very beautiful and go perfectly with the snacks that you will serve to the table with alcohol.

How to cook

Fill a highball glass to the top with ice cubes.

Pour grapefruit juice here first, then pink vermouth, and at the very end - vodka.

Add cranberry juice to the top and stir gently.

Garnish with a grapefruit slice. And it is best served with cocktail straws.

Cocktail recipe Konot Martini with vodka

This is perhaps one of the most popular men's alcoholic drinks of our century. Strength, pleasant aroma and the ability to make it at home yourself are the main advantages of this option.

What you will need:

High quality vodka – 75 ml.
Dry vermouth – 25 ml.
Grapefruit bitters – 3 ml.
Lemon zest.
300 g ice cubes.

We will prepare the base in a mixing glass. Only then pour into a glass for serving.

How to cook

Pour 25 ml of dry vermouth and 75 ml of vodka into a glass.

Place ice cubes here and stir everything well.

Pour through a strainer into a chilled glass to serve.

Add 3 ml of bitters, you don’t have to use grapefruit bitters, vanilla, licorice or ginger are perfect. You need to choose according to your taste.

Garnish with lemon zest and serve to guests.

Strong tequila martini cocktail - a simple recipe

This popular, easy-to-prepare strong alcoholic drink will become a real table decoration for any occasion. Men will definitely like it for its aroma and the opportunity to try something new and interesting.

What you will need:

Tequila – 60 ml.
White vermouth – 30 ml.
Lemon.
Ice in cubes – 200 g.

We only need the zest of the lemon, so you can safely drink tea with the citrus fruit or use it in other culinary dishes.

Recipe for a classic Martini Royale with Prosecco champagne

The Martini Royale cocktail was created by Russian bartender Denis Temny in 2010. But the name of this drink turned out to be so attractive, and the taste was so bright, that it instantly became one of the most beloved.