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Vesper Martini
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 oz gin
  • ¼ oz Russian vodka
  • ½ oz Lillet Blanc
  • Garnish:  Large orange twist (or a traditional lemon twist)

INSTRUCTIONS
Shake the liquid ingredients vigorously with ice. Strain into a cham- pagne coupe or chilled cocktail glass. Twist the orange peel over the drink, and drop it in.

VIDEO HOW-TO

NOTES
Conjured straight from Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, this infamous Martini was James Bond's cocktail of choice, named after Vesper Lynd, Bond's doomed double-agent girlfriend. This very potent cocktail appropriately calls for Russian vodka, symbolic of Vesper Lynd's allegiance to the Russians, served with an orange twist to complement the Lillet, a delicious replacement for vermouth, in Bond's preferred glass, a champagne coupe. Of course, this drink is shaken, not stirred.
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