Best Dirty Martini Recipes

DIRTY MARTINI

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• In a mixing glass, combine vodka, dry vermouth, brine and olives. Pour into a glass over ice. Either drink on the rocks, or strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

EXTRA-DIRTY MARTINI

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• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add vodka, olive brine, and vermouth; shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with olives.

DIRTY MARTINI

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• Put two martini glasses in the fridge to chill. Thread the olives onto two cocktail sticks and set aside.
• Fill a jug or mixing glass with the ice, then pour in the gin, vermouth and olive brine. Stir until the outside of the jug feels cold. Taste to make sure that it's icy cold and that you're happy with the dilution.
• Strain the mix into the chilled glasses and garnish with the olive skewers.

DIRTY MARTINI

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• Fill a shaker with ice. Add 1 ounce olive juice and 2 ounces each gin and dry vermouth. Shake well, then strain into a martini glass. Add a dash of bitters and garnish with an olive.

DIRTY MARTINI

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• Mix all the ingredients (except the olive) in a coctail mixer with 2 ice cubes.
• Put it in a frozen martini glass and the olive on a wooden stick.

DIRTY MARTINI

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• Form the blue cheese into 12 narrow tube shapes and stuff them into the pitted olives. Skewer 3 olives on each of 4 cocktail picks.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the vodka, vermouth and olive brine. Shake vigorously, then strain the cocktail into 4 martini glasses. Garnish with the olives and serve immediately.

DIRTY MARTINI

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• Shake ingredients with ice in cocktail shaker and strain. Serve chilled.

DIRTY MARTINI DIP

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• Combine all ingredients and blend until well mixed.
• If needed you can add sparingly the juice from the olives - or even add vodka.
• Chill for an hour.
• Serve.

SPECTACULAR DIRTY MARTINI SALAD

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• Cut lemon in half lengthwise; cut one half into eight thin wedges. Thread olives and lemon wedges onto toothpicks for garnishes; set aside., Using the lemon half, moisten the rims of eight large cocktail glasses. Sprinkle salt on a plate; hold glasses upside down and dip rims into salt. Divide the salad greens, tomatoes, onion and sliced olives among prepared glasses. Top each with a prepared toothpick., In a food processor, combine shallot and olives; cover and process until finely chopped. Add the vinegar, vodka, olive juice and lemon juice; cover and process until blended. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Divide among eight shot glasses; serve with salads.

DIRTY VODKA MARTINI W/BLUE CHEESE OLIVES

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• Remove pimentos from olives. Stuff the olives with the blue cheese. Soak the olives in some vermouth with a splash of the olive juice while you prepare the drink.
• Pour ice into shaker.
• Pour a dash ofthe vermouth over the ice.
• Briskly shake in shaker for about 10 seconds then discard vermouth.
• Pour the vodka into the shaker with about a spoonful of olive juice (more/less to taste).
• With brisk, firm shakes, shake the shaker for about 15 outward shakes.
• Pour into chilled martini glasses, add olives, and Enjoy!
• *Martini will have a cloudy appearance due to olive juice and being cold.

DIRTY MARTINI CHEESE SPREAD

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• Stir together the cream cheese, mayonnaise, and chopped olives until evenly blended. Stir in the olive juice, vodka, and pepper. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving. Serve in a martini glass.

THE ULTIMATE KETEL ONE DIRTY MARTINI

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• Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker.
• Serve straight up in a martini glass.
• Garnish with a bleu cheese stuffed olive.

THE IMPROVED DIRTY MARTINI

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• Combine vermouth and chopped olives in a sealed glass container and let sit for 3 days. Shake periodically.
• Chill a cocktail glass by filling it with ice or putting it in the freezer for about 5 minutes.
• In a mixing glass filled three-quarters full with ice, pour the gin and 1 1/2 ounces of the infused vermouth. Stir until chilled, about 30 seconds, and strain into the chilled glass. Carefully drip a few drops of olive oil (with an eye-dropper, if possible) onto the drink's surface. Serve with a small dish of mixed olives.

DIRTY MARTINI DIP

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• Mix first 6 ingredients together and allow flavors to mix for one hour.
• Add softened cream cheese and mix well. Use reserved olive liquid to thin if dip is too thick.
• Chill overnight.
• Serve in Martini glass with a skewer of additional olives or pearl onions, surrounded by raw veggies or crackers of your choice.
• **This recipe can be made low fat, by using fat free cream cheese**.

FILTHY DIRTY MARTINI WITH BLUE CHEESE-STUFFED OLIVES

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• Fill a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice. Add the vodka, olive brine and vermouth. Shake what your mama gave you. Pour into two chilled martini glasses.
• Stuff each olive with a small piece of blue cheese. Thread the stuffed olives onto two toothpicks and place in the martini glasses.

DIRTY MARTINI DIP

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• 1. Combine all ingredients and blend until well mixed. If needed you can add the juice from the olives or even add vodka. Chill for an hour.
• 2. Serve in a martini glass with olive garnish on toothpick. Great with bagel chips, pita chips or Ritz crackers.

DAZZLING DIRTY MARTINI DEVILED EGGS

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• Finely chop eight olives and set aside. Cut eggs in half lengthwise. Remove yolks. In a small bowl, mash yolks. Add the chopped olives, mayonnaise, parsley, vodka, olive juice and cayenne; mix well. Stuff or pipe into egg whites., Garnish eggs with whole olives; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until serving.

DIRTY VODKA MARTINI

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• Place ice to the brim of your martini glass and top off with ice cold water. Let glass chill while you make the martini.
• Pour vodka and olive juice in a martini shaker. Drop in about 10 ice cubes and put the top on the shaker.
• Shake the martini shaker hard and quickly for about 10-15 seconds.
• Pour the ice water out of the martini glass and pour the vodka martini into the glass. Drop the toothpick with olives into the martini and serve.

DIRTY CAJUN MARTINI

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• Mix vodkas, vermouth, and olive juice with ice into cocktail shaker and blend for 15 seconds.
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
• Garnish with jalapeño stuffed olive.
• Note: I've been unable to locate peppar voda lately so have been using Recipe #272674 to make my own. Instead of habenero chili's I've used jalapenos.

DIRTY MARTINI DEVILED EGGS

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• In a bowl, combine the mashed yolks, mayonnaise, vodka, olive brine, cayenne, and parsley.
• Taste, then season with salt and pepper.
• Fill the whites evenly with the mixture; garnish each egg with half of an olive slice.
• Cover and refrigerate 3-4 hours before serving.