A nine course menu inspired by the nominees for Best Picture is coming your way from now until February 26.
Let the celebrations begin.
These martinis pay respect to ‘The Artist’; the rumored front runner for this year’s Best Picture.
The reason
So why this drink? To start with; the obvious. Like the film; it’s black and white. This martini boasts a a monochromatic strength that should take us straight back to 1927 Hollywood (and if you wanted to get perfectionist about it, you could try find a glass that fits 1.33:1 Academy perspective)
On to the contents; there’s a depressive wallop of gin; just the thing for when the pace of change makes you want to wallow in a corner. There’s a whisper of French in the Cointreau that washes the glass. There’s the sting of salt; care of the olives and the flakes on the rim.
But most of all, just like the talkies, this is a martini that’s going to force you to make some noise – because amongst the salt crust, you’ll also find sugared pop rocks.
With each sip they’ll fizz and sparkle, shocking your tongue and encouraging your mouth to dance *
So in order to get this Oscars party started, let’s all take a big sip and make some noise in honour of this year’s greatest novelty, almost-silent film.
(*BYO tap shoes and dashing Jack Russel for scene stealing effects).
The Artist not-so-silent martinis
Makes 1
Equipment
1 martini glass. 1 mixing glass. Ice. Spoon. Cocktail stick.
Shopping/foraging
To crust the rim
1 tablespoon of popping candy
1 teaspoon of salt flakes
1 teaspoon of liquid glucose
For the martini
2 1/2 oz/ 70 ml gin (I prefer Hendricks)
1/2 oz/ 30 ml Cointreau
3 black olives on a cocktail stick
Ice
Here’s how we roll
1. Gloss the rim of the glass with a thin stripe of liquid glucose.
2. Combine the popping candy and salt on a dry plate. Rotate the rim of the glass through the pebbles to create a crust on the rim of the glass.
3. Carefully pour the Cointreau into the centre of the glass (so as not to touch the popping candy) and swirl around.
4. Combine the gin with ice in a separate glass and stir to ensure it’s well chilled. Pour carefully into the centre of the martini glass.
5. Garnish with three black olives on a stick.
It's that fabulous time of year again! Happy Oscarsfest/feast my darlink! X
O my god, I want this drink now! I have never tried making a martini, I feel I have to give this one a try. Love the sound of the salt and popping candy rim, what a brilliant idea.
Wow I love the idea of pop rocks in a martini. Happy Oscars season Tori!
I'm doing the Oscar countdown too – it's one of my favourite nights of the whole entire year! Delicious-looking martini – just what the party needs to get started, I think!
Ahhh I do miss the Haschka's at this time of the year…. Or any time really! Nice start to the feast Tor…xxx