Mumbai Martini
by James Keightley
(Worksop, Notts, UK)
Mumbai Martini
Mumbai is the capital of India (formally known as Bombay) and the Mumbai Martini was created as a result of three things British;
1.Gin
2.The British Raj
3.Indian cuisine being the national dish of Britain
This cocktail is a dedication to British gin with Indian overtones from almond, lemon peel, liquorice, juniper berries, orris root, angelica, coriander, cassia, cubeb used to flavour Bombay Sapphire Gin and the Indian spice of Cardamom to offer a truly refreshing and quintessentially colonial British drink.
2 ounces Bombay Sapphire Gin
1 ounce dry vermouth
2 Cardamom pods pre soaked in dry vermouth
Method:
Pre soak a handful of cracked cardamom pods in dry vermouth for at least 24 hours.
Place 1 ounce of vermouth in to an unchilled cocktail glass and swirl to coat the sides and place to one side.
Place a handful of ice in to a mixing glass and pour the dry vermouth from the cocktail glass you have just coated over the ice to fragrance it, stir and then strain off to leave the vermouth fragranced ice.
Pour 2 ounces of Bombay Sapphire gin over the ice and stir
Strain the gin in to the un-chilled cocktail glass that you previously coated the sides of with vermouth and garnish with 2 of the pre-soaked cardamom pods
NOTES
Do not use a cocktail shaker as the metal can dull the taste.
Do not shake the ingredients as this can result in the ice breaking up and over diluting the cocktail.
Shaking can also result in what is know as ‘bruising the gin’, which is when the molecules break up, rather than the molecules in the gin staying on top of one another, something you want to achieve and the reason it is better to stir than shake.
Do not to pre chill the gin or vermouth as this can blunt the flavour.
Do not pre chill the cocktail glass as this can lead to over dilution of the cocktail and also a glass at room temperature helps the fragrances of the cocktail to surface better
Enjoy
Copyright (c) 2010 James Keightley (author) - feel free to re-publish this recipe providing you reference to author
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