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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n
Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFew drinks have had quite the on-screen and off-screen career that the martini. Beloved by Bond, immortalised by Hemingway and scandalously dry in the hands of Churchill, it\u2019s glamour in a glass. A drink that signals you know exactly what you\u2019re doing\u2026 or at least want to look like you do.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no wonder, then, that it has its own dedicated day. World Martini Day has been giving us an excuse to raise a glass every third Saturday in June since 2021. Whether you take yours shaken, stirred, wet, dry, dirty or outright filthy, tomorrow\u2019s your chance to make it official. <\/p>\n
If you need a little celebrity inspiration, you could do worse than take a leaf from Stanley Tucci\u2019s very stylish bar trolley.<\/p>\n
The Devil Wears Prada<\/em> star once declared he\u2019s \u201cas famous for cooking as acting now\u201d, with a clutch of bestselling cookbooks and an Instagram feed that at times reads more like a TikTok chef audition than a Hollywood A-lister\u2019s grid. He\u2019s already to blame for the lockdown Negroni shortage, and these days he\u2019s arguably just as known for his cocktails as his carbonara.<\/p>\nSo naturally, he\u2019s now gunning for Bond\u2019s crown as the world\u2019s suavest martini man. Whether he makes one look more stylish than 007 is up for debate, but the voice, the tailoring and the freezer-batch trick certainly give him the edge.<\/p>\n
Fittingly, to mark World Martini Day, he\u2019s releasing a limited drop of pre-batched Tanqueray No.TEN freezer batch martini cocktails and has shared his ultimate freezer batch martini so you can channel your inner Tucci (or Bond) without so much as rattling a shaker.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to make sure your readers had a perfect freezer batch martini recipe at their fingertips, so they also get to experience the indulgent citrus elegance of Tanqueray No.TEN from the comfort of their own homes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stanley Tucci\u2019s freezer martini<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n Serves<\/strong>: 7<\/p>\nIngredients<\/strong>:<\/p>\n425ml Tanqueray No.TEN<\/em><\/p>\n100ml vermouth<\/em><\/p>\n175ml mineral water <\/em><\/p>\nMethod<\/strong>:<\/p>\n1. Combine all ingredients in an empty 700ml Tanqueray No.TEN bottle or jug.<\/p>\n
2. Store the bottle in the freezer for several hours, or overnight.<\/p>\n
3. When ready to serve, pour 100ml into a chilled cocktail glass.<\/p>\n
4. Garnish of your choice \u2013 try olives or a twist of fresh grapefruit peel<\/p>\n
ABV<\/strong>: 30.9%, so perhaps don\u2019t plan anything too ambitious afterwards<\/p>\n
A short, chequered and very boozy history<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n The martini\u2019s exact origin story is as slippery as an olive in a cold glass. Some say it was born in mid-19th-century California as the Martinez; others credit the Italian vermouth brand for lending its name to the version we know today. Early recipes leaned sweet \u2013 Old Tom gin, sugar, bitters \u2013 before the dry style we now revere emerged in the early 1900s. By the roaring Twenties, it was the drink of choice for anyone who fancied themselves a Gatsby.<\/p>\n
Over the decades, the martini got progressively drier: Hemingway famously ordered his at a 15:1 gin-to-vermouth ratio, nicknamed the Montgomery, while Churchill supposedly made his by bowing towards France. Then, of course, came Bond, who preferred his shaken, not stirred, scandalising purists everywhere but ensured the drink\u2019s pop culture immortality.<\/p>\n
Why it\u2019s having a moment again<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n If the martini briefly lost its cool \u2013 too stiff, too old-school, too synonymous with boozy boomer lunches \u2013 it\u2019s made a serious comeback in the past few years. London bartenders report a surge in orders, from pitch-perfect classics at Dukes (where Fleming was inspired to have Bond order his \u201cshaken, not stirred\u201d) to all manner of playful riffs: mini martinis, savoury tomato versions, asparagus infusions, you name it. TikTok is awash with them, with more than 180,000 posts under #martini and counting, a reminder that minimalism done well never goes out of fashion.<\/p>\n
And in a world where we\u2019re all drinking a little less but better, the martini fits the bill. It\u2019s not something to glug mindlessly and it rewards care and quality. A perfectly chilled martini, with decent gin, fresh vermouth and the right garnish is proof that you don\u2019t need a 10-ingredient muddle to make a drink worth sipping slowly.<\/p>\n
So whether you like yours classic, dirty or touched by Tucci, tomorrow\u2019s your cue to join in. Keep it cold, keep it simple and remember: two is plenty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Few drinks have had quite the on-screen and off-screen career that the martini. Beloved by Bond, immortalised by Hemingway and scandalously dry in the hands of Churchill, it\u2019s glamour in a glass. A drink that signals you know exactly what you\u2019re doing\u2026 or at least want to look like you do. It\u2019s no wonder, then, that it has its own dedicated day. World Martini Day has been giving us an excuse to raise a glass every third Saturday in June since 2021. Whether you take yours shaken, stirred, wet, dry, dirty or outright filthy, tomorrow\u2019s your chance to make it official. If you need a little celebrity inspiration, you could do worse than take a leaf from Stanley Tucci\u2019s very stylish bar trolley. The Devil Wears Prada star once declared he\u2019s \u201cas famous for cooking as acting now\u201d, with a clutch of bestselling cookbooks and an Instagram feed that at times reads more like a TikTok chef audition than a Hollywood A-lister\u2019s grid. He\u2019s already to blame for the lockdown Negroni shortage, and these days he\u2019s arguably just as known…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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