Our Friday nights typically begin with an "oh-so-civilized" Vodka Martini. We like ours served up, crowned with some blue cheese stuffed olives. When you order it at the bar, it's made with five parts vodka and one part dry vermouth. It gets chilled from the ice in the shaker and the taste of it is absolute heaven.
A Naked Martini is an entirely different animal. A regular martini is Barney Fife...a naked martini is Dwayne Johnson...a much stronger and colder form of the cocktail. Why stronger? As I mentioned, the ratio in a regular martini is 5:1. The ratio in a Naked Martini is 30:1. It's a very boozy concoction.
Why colder? A regular martini is chilled by shaking it with ice. A Naked Martini uses vodka that is stored in the freezer. Since bars don't store their vodka in freezers, you can't get one when you are out in the wild. You will have to make yours at home, providing you have stored your vodka next to your popsicles.
- Pour vodka into a martini glass.
- Add vermouth and olives.
- Serve.
