  
                  Feeling less adventurous? Go with a classic vodka martini. Photography courtesy of Grey Goose. 
        
  	   
		
	    
	  July 2009 
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 Recipe For Martini Madness
 From Guava To Black Truffles, Four Shake-‘Em-Up Vodka Martini Recipes
  
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Black Truffle Martini Recipe 
Seriously folks, only Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Michael Bloomberg and their peers on  Forbes magazine’s “The World’s Billionaires” list could regularly afford to infuse a bottle of vodka with eight black Périgord truffles. That’s about $2,000 worth of truffles! But if you happen upon so many truffles in the woods of Oregon that you’re sick of eating them, here’s a way to drink them. Want to learn all about black truffles? Read our truffle overview and glossary.  
  
    Ingredients Per Cocktail 
      			      
      Preparation 
      
        -  To infuse vodka, add sliced black truffles into 750ml bottle of vodka for 1 week at room temperature.
 
		  - In a cocktail shaker, shake and strain all ingredients. Serve in a martini glass.
 
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Classic Martini Recipe
  
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       Ingredients Per Cocktail 
      
        -  3 parts vodka
 
		  - 1/4 part dry vermouth
 
        - 2 dashes orange bitters
 
        - 3 olives
 
       			      
      Preparation 
      
        -  In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add vermouth. Stir well and then strain out excess.
 
		  - Add 2 dashes of orange bitters and vodka.  Stir well until outside of shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat.
 
        - Strain into a martini glass and garnish with 3 olives. 
 
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