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Make-ahead ‘mistletoe’ martini for a crowd

Name: Make-ahead ‘mistletoe’ martini for a crowd
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 700ml gin; 100-150ml dry vermouth (depending on how dry or sweet you want it); ¼ tsp fine salt; Cocktail onions to garnish, plus 10ml of their brine (optional); Samphire or bay leaves to garnish (optional)

By: Tom Shingler
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Published: 11 Dec 24
Updated: 31 Dec 24

Make-ahead ‘mistletoe’ martini for a crowd

Having a pre-mixed martini on hand in the freezer, ready to go at a moment’s notice, makes cocktail hour dangerously effortless. A festive mistletoe-like garnish of samphire (or bay) and cocktail onions adds a pleasing savouriness for when it’s time to serve.

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Serves 10
Hands-on time 5 min, plus chilling

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Nutrition: Per serving

Calories: 161kcals
Fat: 0g (0g saturated)
Protein: 0g
Carbohydrates: 0.5g (0.5g sugars)
Fibre: 0g
Salt: 0.1g

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Ingredients

700ml gin
100-150ml dry vermouth (depending on how dry or sweet you want it)
¼ tsp fine salt
Cocktail onions to garnish, plus 10ml of their brine (optional)
Samphire or bay leaves to garnish (optional)

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Method

Mix the gin, vermouth and pickle brine with 200ml water in a freezerproof bottle or container. Keep in the freezer until ready to serve or decant into bottles for gifting (with instructions to keep it in the freezer).
To serve, give the bottle a shake, then pour into a martini glass (ideally chilled). Garnish with cocktails onions and sprigs of samphire or bay leaf.