Olive + Bay Washed Martini
Here for the savory martini riffs 🍸🙋🏾♂️
#ad 21+ I'm going to show you how to add a bit more savory olive notes into your martinis by a process known as "fat washing". Fat washing using alcohol (in this case #Finlandia Vodka) to extract the subtle flavors out of fat soluble products. Today we're going to be infusing our vodka with both extra virgin olive oil and bay leaf. This recipe, paired with this dry vermouth produces an exceptionally savory and delightful martini. A couple drops of EVOO to finish just gives it that silky smooth, rich mouthfeel that just puts this one over the top.
Have you ever tried fat washing? Let me know what you think!
Cheers y'all!
ingredients:
2 oz | 60 ml Finlandia Vodka (Bay/Olive Oil Washed)
½ oz | 15 ml Dry Vermouth
½ oz | 15 ml Olive Brine
1 Olive + Bay Leaf (Garnish)
instructions:
Combine all ingredients except garnish in a shaking tin with ice. Shake, strain and pour the cocktail into your vessel of choice. Garnish with olive, bay leaf and a couple drops of EVOO, serve and enjoy!
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I’m your huckleberry 🤠
I just got back from Montana with my friends at @traegergrills. It was strictly a grilling event but given what I do, of course I had to get behind the bar. I knew I wanted to incorporate local Montana ingredients like huckleberry, juniper (grown on site) and honey but also wanted to incorporate smoke from the grill. So I had the idea to make a bramble type cocktail.
For the smokey element, I smoked some local raw honey along with some juniper berries on the Traeger to just get a kiss of smoke. I then constructed the cocktail originally using gin like a traditional bramble, but the juniper botanicals overpowered the recipe so I switched to a reposado tequila and knew it was the perfect fit. They also had some locally made huckleberry liqueur which was the perfect last ingredient to top the cocktail and bring that sweet/sour/fruity element to the cocktail. Finally topped it with that smoked juniper berry branch to give it that botanical pop and tricking your brain into thinking you’re drinking a bramble when you’re actually drinking something closer to a margarita.
Given the ingredients and location, it was just fitting to call this the ‘Big Sky Bramble.’ Cheers y’all.
Big thanks to @i_drewcifer for the R&D help!
🎥: @tobojosh / @grillvaultbbq