Photo by Romulo Yanes
Recipe information
Total Time
20 min
Yield
Makes 3 drinks
Ingredients
9
ounces (1 cup plus 2 tablespoon) gin or vodka
1
teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed
1
tablespoon dry vermouth
3
dashes Angostura bitters
Garnish: lemon twist
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Preparation
Step 1
Combine gin and peppercorns, then let stand 15 minutes.
Step 2
Stir together 1/2 teaspoon finely ground pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt on a plate. Wet rim of 1 Martini glass with your fingertip and dip in salt mixture, rotating glass to coat rim. Repeat with 2 more glasses.
Step 3
Strain gin through a fine-mesh sieve into a 16-ounce cocktail shaker three-fourths full of ice. Add vermouth and bitters and stir 15 seconds. Strain into Martini glasses.