Perfect Your Martini Recipe with Fat-Washing
Fat-washing your vodka or gin with Beaufort Olive Oil provides a rich, smooth texture and the essence of the oil without creating an oily slick in the final cocktail. Uplevel your martini recipe with this barkeeper’s hack, especially if you love a dirty martini!
Learn how to fat-wash your liquor with Beaufort Olive Oil for an even more flavorful dirty martini.
We love using our Harissa Olive Oil for a nice bite and an upleveled martini flavor. Most popular in North Africa and the Middle East, Harissa is made with chile peppers (often smoked), garlic, caraway, coriander, and cumin, which are pounded into a paste and left overnight to develop flavor.
We’ve added more peppers to this by popular demand, making it one of our hottest infused olive oils. If you’re a fan of our charred brussels sprouts at Circa 81 in Morehead City, then you’re familiar with the flavor. It’s an essential ingredient! Now, imagine pairing the brussels sprouts with a dirty martini, vodka fat-washed in harissa olive oil. Now, that’s flavor!
How To Fat-Wash Your Spirits with Infused Olive Oil
Supplies:
4 cups (approximately one liter) of quality gin or vodka
2 ounces Beaufort Olive Oil harissa olive oil
Combine the gin or vodka and the harissa olive oil in a sealable container and gently whisk. Let sit at room temperature for a couple of hours to properly infuse.
Place the mixture in the freezer for 1 to 5 days, until the oil solidifies and freezes. Strain the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer lined with a coffee filter or cheesecloth to remove all the frozen oil, leaving the infused spirit behind.
