CLASSIC MARTINI   
  Ingredients :
    1 tablespoon dry vermouth
    8 oz. (16 tablespoons) vodka
    1 ½ teaspoon Cointreau or similar
    Green olives for garnish

  Preparation:

Pour vermouth into a martini glass and swirl around the glass to coat inside. Pour excess into a second glass and swirl it around the second glass.

Place glasses in the freezer for 15 – 20 minutes.

Fill cocktail shaker with 3 cups of ice. Add vodka and shake vigorously until vodka is ice cold. Remove the glasses from the freezer and strain vodka into the glasses. Garnish each drink with a green olive.
 
        Yields: Two 4 oz martinis
       
 
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