Recipe

• Lots of olives (in brine)

• 50ml gin

• 10ml dry vermouth

Fill a martini glass with olives. Stir the gin and vermouth with ice and strain into the glass. Add a cocktail stick.

When I was hosting one of my fabulous soirées recently, one of my elegant guests impressed upon me how much she enjoyed the olives in her martini.  'I love olives so much,' she declared with a glint in her eye, 'and they're so good in this.  In fact, I'd love it if the whole glass was full of olives, with the gin just filling the gaps in between.' Well, how could I forget an idea like that?

This cocktail consists of around 12 queen olives in brine (thoroughly drained) with around half the normal amount of gin and martini, and a single cocktail stick.  Though I didn't try this one, I received very positive feedback, and I may try it myself at some point.

UPDATE: I tried this and I hated it.