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Blue Cheese Dirty Martini 🍸🫒 This recipe puts blue cheese in the shaker, it is what makes it look milky and adds a delicious lil funk in a fabulous way. It is life changing. My sister who says she “tolerates” blue cheese but isn’t a huge fan was absolutely obsessed with this. If you love easy martini cocktail recipes but don’t want the funk, you have to try my carajillo martini, and remember you can always swap out the vodka for gin!
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Why You’ll Love Blue Cheese Dirty Martini
This Blue Cheese Dirty Martini will be the main character at your dinner party and once you try this, you won’t be able to go back. It is just that good. It is such a quick and easy recipe too!
How To Prepare
Blue Cheese – Let your cheese sit out for 10 minutes if you want it to be easier to stuff into the olives. Just use a small spoon or your clean hands to gently press it inside of the olive.
Chill It – Swirl that sweet vermouth and toss it or drink it for a bonus sip! Then place your glass immediately into the freezer for at least 15 minutes. Doing an alcohol rinse is usually done with a strong tasting alcohol so you can get the aroma of that alcohol without it overpowering the drink.
Shake it Vigorously – This isn’t a dainty shake. You are trying to break down that cheese and also make those ice crystals. If you want amazing shaker, I love this Elevated Craft Hybrid Cocktail Shaker.
Skewer and Serve – Pour your Milky Dirty Martini into your chilled glass, skewer those beautiful olives and place in the glass also and enjoy!
Substitutions
- Blue Cheese → If you’re not a blue cheese fan, substitute the blue cheese for feta, parmesan, or goat cheese!
- Castelvetrano Olives → You can also use your olives of choice. These just happened to be what I had on hand, you can use bigger ones for even more blue cheese!
🔥Chef Nadia’s Tips🔥
- Shake your Blue Cheese Dirty Martini 60-90 seconds (non-negotiable) to create those perfect icicles that makes this martini even more epic.
- PS: I now have a new shaker that I swear by, since my old shaker exploded on you like it did on me 🤣 It’s on the pricey side hear me out. This shaker is leak proof, has an integrated jigger, is insulated so you shake it less. There is a screw cap so it doesn’t jam or explode 😉 and it is huge so you can make more than one drink at a time! I bought mine on Amazon, Elevated Craft Hybrid Cocktail Shaker.
The Perfect Pairings
We are going to stick with the bold for this easy vodka cocktail. For your appetizer start with the gorgeous Truffled Salmon and Hamachi Crudo to really wow your guests. For dinner, a delicious Steak with Peppercorn Sauce and a fresh Arugula Fennel Salad. For dessert, my favorite thing to make for company, a Berry Panna Cotta.
Cocktail Hour
Carajillo Martini
Cocktail Hour
Strawberry Rosé
Cocktail Hour
Gin Sorbet
Cocktail Hour
Grapefruit Margarita
Blue Cheese Dirty Martini: Questions Answered
Doing an alcohol rinse is usually done with a strong tasting alcohol so you can get the aroma of that alcohol without it overpowering the drink. I used Dolin Dry Vermouth and it balances out and adds a great aroma to this drink but it’s not too much. You can skip this step if you would like.
For this martini, I used Grey Goose but you can use your vodka of choice, or swap it for gin!
You don’t have to, but I highly recommend it. Shaking the vodka in the ice for 90 seconds creates icicles which makes the cocktail even more delicious. It also helps the blue cheese to fully dissolve.
Blue Cheese Dirty Martini
Equipment
- martini glass
Ingredients
- 1 splash vermouth, for glass rinse
- 6 castelvetrano olives
- ½ inch blue cheese, + more to stuff the olives
- 2 ½ oz vodka
- 2 ½ oz olive brine
Instructions
- Add a splash of the vermouth to your martini glass, swirl, discard (or save). Place glass in the freezer for 15 minutes.
- Hand stuff your olives with as much blue cheese as your heart desires.
- Fill a shaker with ice, add in vodka, olive brine and a chunk of blue cheese.
- Shake for 60-90 seconds. Don’t go past the 90 seconds because it will explode on you like it did on me.
- Pour on the chilled glass and add your olives.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This post really resonated with me. Thanks for putting it into words.
Can you use crumbled blue cheese?
Hey Diana, that works too!
I’m confused, when asked “what kind of vermouth do you use” you say dry but in the ingredient list you say sweet vermouth. So which one is it?
Hey Ariana, You can honestly use either. It’s just a rinse for your glass and it gets thrown out. You do it because the vermouth chills the glass quickly leaving the stem comfortable to hold.
I never comment on recipes – but this is amazing. I love a dirty martini and blue cheese. The combo is divine! Well balanced outcome.
Hi Kendall! Thank you so much for leaving this review! It was so sweet and I’m so glad you love it! 🫶
I made with regular olive brine and it was amazing !!
What type of olive oil is it regular olive oil or the anstelvetrano olive brine?
Hey Linda, So in this recipe I used the castelvetrano olive brine because that is what I had on hand. I like using those olives because they are bigger and you can stuff more blue cheese in them! But regular olive brine totally works too! I’m so glad you liked it! ♥️