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Martini Bar

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Photograph by Michael Graydon + Nikole Herriott, Food Styling by Alison Roman, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski

Technically this martini variation is called a 50/50 since it’s half gin and half vermouth. As you won’t be individually stirring these 'tinis, water is added to aid in the dilution you’d normally get from ice. That’s necessary to transform the mixture from pure alcohol to a tasty, drinkable beverage. This is the cocktail hour course from Alison Roman’s “Steak House Night in America” menu: Low-and-Slow Rib Roast, Baked Potatoes Deluxe, The Greatest Creamed Greens, and Upside-Down Apricot Tart.

Recipe adapted with permission from Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over by Alison Roman (Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC). Copyright © 2019. 

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