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Humpday Recipe: I’m not Cookin’…I’m Shakin’

September 1, 2010 by evebushman

I dedicate this column to my pal Janine J., a self-professed Vodka over wine drinker.  And Mo, a snarky gal that can drink twice her body weight when given a well-made martini.

I talk about Martinis on this blog but, until recently, had never actually made one.  But one night, lo and behold, my craving went un-quenched when my husband went out without me…and I believed, and continue to believe, took MY cellar keys with him.

A single malt Scotch wasn’t going to do it.  A Rob Roy, my Martini’s big brown sister, was more complicated than just your average martini to make with at least one more ingredient than I could safely manage.  

I’d seen it done, I had a cell phone and a Google search at my disposal.  Opting to try the brute first, I texted, “How U make martin?”  He knew what it meant and chose to call me with a recipe, knowing full well that a happy wife was better than an unhappy husband:

Eve’s Favorite Martini
AKA
The Domaine De Canton Ginger Martini
(Recipe different than what appears on DDC’s website
or Frankie’s in this photo)
Get two REAL Martini glasses
(none of those silly mini ones)
rinse with water and set in freezer to frost them up.

Cut 4 long strips of lemon rind,
set aside.
Fill one Martini shaker with ice,
add one half jigger/shot/cap of 
Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur.
Fill the rest of the shaker with your favorite vodka,
Shake and save in freezer.

Wait a minute, let the an-ti-ci-pa-tion
build.
 Then remove your glasses from the freezer,
rub those lemon rinds around the rims
and then drop them in each glass.
 Remove shaker from freezer,
give one more shake,
pour.

Then reflect on the lightest of ginger flavors, the touch of lemon
and wonder how
you ever had any other kind of martini before.

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