GIBSON RECIPE RECIPES

A traditional Gibson recipe is a dry gin martini served with a cocktail onion. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Total Time 5 minutes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

Yield 1 serving.

Number Of Ingredients 5

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 137 calories, FatContent 0 fat (0 saturated fat), CholesterolContent 0 cholesterol, SodiumContent 1mg sodium, CarbohydrateContent 0 carbohydrate (0 sugars, FiberContent 0 fiber), ProteinContent 0 protein.

As with many classic cocktails, numerous origin stories have attached themselves to The Gibson like barnacles, and the truth is uncertain. One thing is clear, however: the pickled onion hasn’t always been part of the Gibson legend. The recipe in my 1933 edition of The Savoy Cocktail Book is essentially a formula for what many would call a 50/50 martini — half gin, half dry vermouth, with a faint spritz of lemon essence. Nonetheless, we now tend to regard The Gibson as a martini in which a cocktail onion is swapped in for the usual olive — and that’s the version of the story I’m sticking with in this recipe. Play with the proportions to your taste, but, as usual, I recommend that you don’t stint on the vermouth.

Provided by Rosie Schaap

Number Of Ingredients 3

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 124, UnsaturatedFatContent 0 grams, CarbohydrateContent 6 grams, FatContent 0 grams, FiberContent 1 gram, ProteinContent 1 gram, SaturatedFatContent 0 grams, SodiumContent 4 milligrams, SugarContent 3 grams