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No. 070 Cocktails · Vodka

French Martini

Vodka, raspberry liqueur and fresh pineapple juice shaken to a light foam.

A pink French Martini in a cocktail glass on a bar
A French Martini Photo: Sheep purple from Coventry, UK, CC BY 2.0

Recipe card

ml oz

Makes 1 drink · about 3 min to make

Ingredients

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Method

  1. Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well with ice.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and squeeze lemon peel oil over the top.
Glass
Cocktail glass (coupe)
Garnish
Lemon peel oils squeezed over the drink
Technique
Shaken
Difficulty
Easy

Printable recipe card Quantities as given in the IBA's official specification.

About the French Martini

Shaking fresh pineapple juice hard gives a natural light foam. Raspberry liqueur adds colour and sweetness.

Background

Although called a martini, it contains no gin or vermouth.

Tags: raspberry pineapple vodka

Sources

  1. IBA — French Martini (official specification)
  2. Wikipedia — French martini

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