Clarito

Santiago “Pichín” Policastro | Buenos Aires, Argentina

Clarito Martini Buenos Aires

The Clarito, a charitable pour of extra-dry gin and a splash of dry vermouth, perfumed with lemon peel, is Buenos Aires, Argentina’s signature Martini.

Ingredients

Servings: 2

  • 6 1/2 ounces extra-dry gin
  • 6 1/2 ounces extra-dry gin
  • 1/3 ounce (2 teaspoons) dry vermouth
  • 1/3 ounce (2 teaspoons) dry vermouth

Garnish: sugar and lemon peel for rim

Directions
  1. Prepare two coupe glasses by moistening each rim with a lemon peel, then pressing the rim into a plate of sugar.
  2. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with walnut-size ice and stir for 1 minute.
  3. Strain into the sugar-rimmed coupe glasses.