Best Eyeball Martini Recipes

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Provided by Stephanie Wise

Categories Beverage

Time 5m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 round radishes
1 large pimiento-stuffed green olive, cut in half crosswise
2 large seedless black grapes
2 small cranberries or blueberries
2 jumbo pitted ripe olives
2 small ready-to-eat baby-cut carrots
2 1/2 oz (5 tablespoons) gin or vodka
1/2 oz (1 tablespoon) dry vermouth

Steps:

To make each radish eyeball, peel radish, leaving streaks of red skin for "blood vessel" effect. Cut off one tip of radish about 1/4-inch deep. Using small melon baller or paring knife, scoop out small hole from sliced tip side; place olive half in center. Place in martini glass.
To make each grape eyeball, carefully peel back skin of grape from one edge. Using small melon baller or paring knife, cut small hole in center of exposed flesh. Place small cranberry or blueberry in hole. Skewer grapes onto toothpick; place in martini glass.
To make each olive eyeball, place baby carrot in pitted hole of olive. Cut off carrot flush with end of olive. Skewer olives onto toothpick; place in martini glass.
To make cocktail, place several ice cubes in cocktail shaker or mixing glass. Add gin and vermouth. Cover; shake (or stir) 30 seconds. Strain into martini glass and serve.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving

Eyeball Martini image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes 1

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 whole black peppercorns
2 pimento-stuffed green olives
2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

Steps:

Push a peppercorn into center of each olive, tucking under pimento filling to resemble an eye. Place olives in a martini glass.
Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice; add vodka and vermouth. Shake well and strain into glass. Add bitters to one side of glass and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 169 g