New Orleans-Style Wet Martini Recipe
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
Servings:
1 Cocktail
Ingredients
  • 3 ounces London dry gin
  • 1 ounce dry vermouth
  • ½ ounce absinthe
  • 1 dash Peychaud's bitters
  • 1 lemon peel
Directions
  1. Fill a martini glass with ice and set aside.
  2. Fill a mixing glass with ice.
  3. Add the gin and vermouth.
  4. Gently stir the liquors to combine, about 10 seconds.
  5. Remove the ice from the martini glass and add the absinthe. Swirl the absinthe around the glass, then pour the excess out.
  6. Strain the gin mixture into the glass.
  7. Add a dash of bitters and the lemon peel, squeezing the peel gently. Serve.