A Martini or Gibson cocktail recipe for Christmas maybe?

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Good morning, All. ’tis the Tuesday before Christmas.  David and I had intend to publish the 3rd part of  David’s The Robot Apocalypse today, yet, overseas travel on his part and pre-holiday break work stress on my part kind of threw a monkey wrench into our plans. Oh well, part 3 will definitely be online next Tuesday and should you have missed the first two parts – here they are: Part #1 and Part #2.

As previously I will be linking with Elizabeth & Bleubeard at AlteredBooklover and with Les for her Coffee Chat, even though one or both may already be on a Christmas break. I will find out.

To stay true to the RobotApocalypse I am sharing with you today a recipe, to be precise a cocktail recipe and, of course, photos of it.

At my office’s Christmas party we always have a ‘yankee swap’ where you could end up with anything from totally awesome to absolutely useful, but the best part is the fun of it all. This year, I got lucky and ended up with a set of colored glasses, which I really liked. They could be used for any cold drink e.g. water, soda juice or, in this case here, a cocktail.

This is a very easy, but somewhat strong cocktail, a Martini or Gibson, in my case – dry. The recipe is so easy, it is hardly worth noting, but here we go.


Martini or Gibson
 
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A fairly strong, but straight, no-nonsense old school cocktail
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Recipe type: Cocktail
Ingredients
  • 2 parts gin of your choice - mine is Bombay Sapphire
  • 1 part vermouth - my choice is Noilly Prat
  • olives or onions
Instructions
  1. place ice cubes in a tumbler
  2. fill gin over them
  3. add the vermouth
  4. place lid on tumbler and shake for 10 seconds
  5. optional - add ice cube(s) to your glass
  6. pour into your cocktail glass
  7. add olives to make a Martini or
  8. add onions to make a Gibson

Cheers! Quite literally and because it is way, way too early I will now go back to my coffee. Have a wonderful day!

claudia3

 

If I have time I will be linking with one or more of the fine people in this collection – check them out!

18 thoughts on “A Martini or Gibson cocktail recipe for Christmas maybe?”

  6. Oh one of my faves.. and I also like it dry and with Bombay! We would definitely get along at a cocktail party – ha. And I like the idea of a blackberry garnish (even though I could eat a truckful of olives). I’ll have to try that. Lovely glasses too. As you’ve probably noticed, I am on the holiday break with the chat. I figured this week would just be too crazy busy with running around. Merry Christmas and cheers!

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  10. I like those glasses too. Corey likes this kind of martini. Simple but good. And he loves it with olives. I’m more a lychee-sake martinit kind of girl. Love a little fruit in my drinks. 🙂

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  11. I love the glasses you got in the exchange, and I think you got a very good deal. I also like the photos of your martini and gibson, but I prefer coffee. I’ve always been the designated driver when my friends and I go out. The photos make them simply irresistible, though.

    Thanks for sharing these drinks with us for T this Tuesday. I can definitely relate to unforeseen circumstances, and was delighted that you showed up to share your gifts and drinks with us for T. No hiatus here. I’m coffee driven!

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  16. Yes, you read about martini coctails in books and see them in films but in fact I have never had one. It sounds like the sort of thing I would like. Certainly hubby would love it as he likes vermouth (I like gin, sorry)
    Love your coloured glasses, yes, you were lucky.
    Sorry for the late comment. I got busy last night.
    Happy belated T-Day and if you celebrate Christmas, I wish you a very happy one,
    Lisca

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