This dark, savoury twist on the Martini’s precursor was one of the cocktails created in support of Good Night Out this past spring. Recipe by Kate Chernoff, The Keefer Bar.

INGREDIENTS:

2 oz Ketel One Vodka

1 oz Infused Sweet Vermouth (recipe follows)

1.5 tsp orange liqueur

Garnish: lemon twist

METHOD: 

Add ingredients (except garnish) to a cocktail stirring tin. Add ice and stir until chilled and diluted, up to one minute. Strain into a chilled Martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist.  Serves 1.

Infused sweet vermouth:

To a sealable container add 200 mL sweet vermouth, 20 g natural coffee beans, and 40 g dried mango. Seal (ideally with no oxygen in the container) and infuse for eight hours at room temperature. Fine-strain through a coffee filter and store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one month. Makes enough for 6 cocktails.