Recipe

• 4 parts gin

• 1 part dry vermouth

• 1 part sweet vermouth

Shake with ice, and pour into a martini glass. Add a twist of lemon zest.

The latest in our tour of variations on the classic martini (see previously: 1 2 3) is one of the best-looking, a beautiful golden colour from the sweet vermouth we added. To taste, it's very like the wet martini, with a strong taste of vermouth over the top of the gin. But there's an additional fruitiness too, which was a pleasant change.

I decided that an olive wasn't the way to go in this case, so I went for the classic lemon twist.

I got a bit confused when I started about the different kinds of vermouth. To clarify, this recipe used Martini Extra Dry and Martini Rosso, respectively.