Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail

“Shaken with Butter Not Stirred Darling!” Fat washed cocktails are having their moment and this rich and velvety smooth Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail is exceptional! Grab your shakers! I am sharing a How To Make my Salted Butter Gin Martini Recipe! …A unique sip for any party or just because you want to sip something pretty.

Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail

What You will Love About This Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail

What Does Butter Washed Gin Taste Like?

Butter washed gin relates a rich and creamy mild butter flavor while softening the gin’s sharp edges a velvety smooth texture.

Garnishing this Salted Butter Gin Cocktail Recipe with a piece of fresh french bread smothered in soft butter, then sprinkled in Jacobson’s Flaked Sea Salt makes this the ultimate gin martini.

What Is Butter Washing Alcohol | Gin?

Also called fat washing alcohol, this technique adds a warm richer flavor to liquors. When fats like butter, bacon fat, and olive oil the alcohol absorbs the flavors and textures of the fat being used as well as a slight touch of the flavor. The result is a unique and often smoother richer drink.

What Other Fats Can You Use To Fat Wash Cocktail Liquors

Plant based fats and animal fats are great for fat washing alcohol for cocktails. Think about the food you are pairing the cocktail with and choose your fat to match the flavor profile.

PLANT BASED FATS

• OLIVE OIL: NUTTY & SLIGHTLY BITTER
• COCONUT OIL: NUTTY AND TROPICAL
• AVOCADO OIL: CREAMY & SMOOTH
• SESAME OIL: EARTHY AND NUTTY
• PEANUT BUTTER | NUT BUTTERS: NUTTY

ANIMAL FATS

• BUTTER: CREAMY AND RICH
• WHOLE MILK: CREAMY
• CARAMELIZED BROWN BUTTER: RICH AND NUTTY
• BACON FAT: SAVORY AND SMOKY
• DUCK FAT: SAVORY

What Pairs With This Butter Washed Gin Martini?

• Steak
• Hamburgers
• Pot Roast
• Beef Tenderloin
• Bacon
• Sausage

Occasions To Serve A Salted Butter Gin Martini

• St. Patrick’s Day
• Father’s Day
• Thanksgiving
• Brunch
• Book Club

Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail Recipe

When you are making this Salted Butter Gin Martini start the butter washing 6 hours and 15 minutes in advance. 24 hours for max flavor.

BUTTER WASHING THE GIN

Makes. 3 Martini’s | 8 ounces of Butter Washed Gin

Butter to Gin Ration: 4:1

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) salted butter, melted
• 10 ounces gin ((I recommend Plymouth Gin for this cocktail. )

BUTTER WASHING INSTRUCTIONS

COMBINE

Use a measuring cup to measure the gin, pour in the melted butter. Give it a stir. Next, pour the mixture into a mason jar with a lid or a cocktail shaker. Seal the container and give the butter and gin mixture a 30 second shake.

INFUSE THE GIN

Let the mixture sit at room temperature for at least 4 hours or overnight for max flavor to infuse, Shake occasionally.

CHILL THE SALTED BUTTER GIN

Place the jar | cocktail shaker in the freezer for 2 hours or in the refrigerator overnight if choosing max flavor. The butter should be solidified.

STRAINING

Remove the gin mixture from the freezer or refrigerator and skim off the solicited fats. Strain the butter washed gin into a clean jar with a lid to remove any remaining fats. Repeat the straining multiple times if necessary.

STORING FOR USE

The Salted Butter Washed Gin is now ready to use in cocktails or sipped neat. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

SALTED BUTTER WASHED GIN COCKTAIL RECIPE

Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Ingredients

• 2.5 ounces butter washed gin
• .5 ounces vermouth

Garnish

• Fresh Baguette Slice/s
• Unsalted Butter, softened
• Flaked Salt (I recommend Jacobson’s Salt Company (American Made!)
• Favorite Stuffed Olives
• Pickled Pearl Onions
• Edible Flowers

Jacobson’s Salt Company has all sorts of flavored salts that would be a great garnish for this martini. Here are a few of my favorite.

INSTRUCTIONS | MIXOLOGY

Butter a baguette slice generously. Sprinkle with flaked salt. Place on an edible flower. Next, skewer a few olives and a pearl onion/s. Set aside.

Fill a cocktail shaker 1/2 full with ice. Pour in the salted butter washed gin and the vermouth. Shake for 10 seconds. That is the magic! Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with the prepared baguette slice and the olive skewer.

CHEERS DEERS!

Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail Notes

1. The ratio of fat to liquor is 1:4.
2. Be sure to take a look at the different fats used for washing spirits in the Sparkling Charm post above.

Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail

"Shaken with Butter Not Stirred Darling!" Fat washed cocktails are having their moment and this rich and velvety smooth Salted Butter Washed Gin Martini Cocktail is exceptional!

Grab your shakers! I am sharing a How To Make my Salted Butter Gin Martini Recipe! …A unique sip for any party or just because you want to sip something pretty.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Infusing Time 6 hours hrs

Total Time 6 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

Course Cocktails

Cuisine American

Servings 1

Ingredients

  

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GIN BUTTER WASH INGREDIENTS

• ▢ 4 tablespoons 1/2 stick salted butter, melted butter
• ▢ 10 ounces gin (I recommend Plymouth Gin for this cocktail.

SALTED BUTTER WASHED GIN MARTINI INGREDIENTS

• ▢ 2.5 ounces butter washed gin
• ▢ .5 ounces vermouth

GARNISH

• ▢ Fresh Baguette Slice/s
• ▢ Unsalted Butter softened
• ▢ Flaked Salt I recommend Jacobson’s Salt Company (American Made!
• ▢ Favorite Stuffed Olives
• ▢ Pickled Pearl Onions
• ▢ Edible Flowers

Instructions

 

GIN BUTTER WASHING INSTRUCTIONS

COMBINE

• Use a measuring cup to measure the gin, pour in the melted butter. Give it a stir. Next, pour the mixture into a mason jar with a lid or a cocktail shaker. Seal the container and give the butter and gin mixture a 30 second shake.

INFUSE

• Let the mixture sit at room temperature for at least 4 hours or overnight for max flavor to infuse, Shake occasionally.

CHILL

• Place the jar | cocktail shaker in the freezer for 2 hours or in the refrigerator overnight if choosing max flavor. The butter should be solidified.

STRAINING

• Remove the gin mixture from the freezer or refrigerator and skim off the solicited fats. Strain the butter washed gin into a clean jar with a lid to remove any remaining fats. Repeat the straining multiple times if necessary.

STORING FOR USE

• The Salted Butter Washed Gin is now ready to use in cocktails or sipped neat. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

SALTED BUTTER MARTINI MIXOLOGY

• Butter a baguette slice generously. Sprinkle with flaked salt. Place on an edible flower. Next, skewer a few olives and a pearl onion/s. Set aside.
• Fill a cocktail shaker 1/2 full with ice. Pour in the salted butter washed gin and the vermouth. Shake for 10 seconds. That is the magic! Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with the prepared baguette slice and the olive skewer.
• CHEERS DEERS!

Notes

1. The ratio of fat to liquor is 1:4.
2. Be sure to take a look at the different fats used for washing spirits in the Sparkling Charm post above.

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