French Martini Recipe

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The French Martini is a sweet and soft raspberry pineapple martini co*cktail with a silky foamy top. A sweet martini recipe blended with vodka, Chambord, and pineapple juice.

Visually stunning and it is just as good as it looks. This Classic French Martini Recipe is sweet, smooth, and sexy! It is the best sweet martini co*cktail.

Although the French Martini is not a “True Martini” it uses the name. The International Bartenders Association recognizes the co*cktail for use in their World co*cktail Competition.

Of all the martini variations this recipe is our favorite.

Disclosure: Glassware was gifted from JoyJolt

This is my most popular martini recipe. It is smooth, sweet, and silky. How can you not fall in love with this French Martini?

French Martini Ingredients

With only a few easy-to-find ingredients, you will be shaking up this French Martini co*cktail like a pro.

Vodka – The best vodka for a French Martini is Tito’s Vodka.
Chambord, Chambord is a raspberry liqueur used to make raspberry flavored co*cktails.
Pineapple Juice
Raspberry for garnish

What makes the French Martini “French”?

How to Make a French Martini

In a co*cktail shaker add ice and vodka, Chambord, and pineapple juice. Shake it vigorously! Shake it really hard, this creates that silky foam layer on top.

Next strain the co*cktail into a martini glass. Take your time and allow the foam to pour out. Be patient to get the last bit of foam out of the shaker. Let the co*cktail rest for about 30 seconds to allow the foam layer to form.

How to Serve: Gently place a raspberry hallow opening side up on top of the foam. The raspberry will float and stay in place as long as no liquid gets into the top opening of the raspberry. Or garnish with a pick of raspberries and lay across the top of the French Martini.

Recipe Tips

The biggest thing about this French Martini Recipe is the silky foam layer. You will really want to shake the co*cktail shaker to achieve a nice thick foam layer. The pineapple juice is the ingredient that creates that layer.

How to get that silky foamy top for your French Martini.

Do you want to know how to make a French Martini frothy?

The pineapple juice is what creates the foam when shaken vigorously in a co*cktail shaker.

Once you have added all the co*cktail ingredients and ice in a shaker you will shake until your arms hurt or your hand’s freeze. The shaker will get frosty and then will start to freeze. It will be too cold to handle.

All that shaking creates an ice-cold co*cktail with a thick silky foam top.

Slowly strain the co*cktail into a martini glass. The foam will slowly come out. Just be patient. Give the shaker a few deliberate downward shakes over the co*cktail to get the remaining foam moving.

Let the French Martini co*cktail rest for 30 seconds. This allows the foam to form at the top of the glass. Then gently garnish with a raspberry.

French Martini Variations

As you read above it is the French Ingredients that make this co*cktail “French”.

You can use your favorite vodka brand to make this recipe.

More Popular Martini Recipes

Perfect Cosmopolitan
Blue Lagoon
Orange Martini

Also, try my French Gimlet.

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French Martini

Yield: 1

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Total Time: 2 minutes

Smooth and Silky French Martini

Ingredients

1 oz Grey Goose Vodka
1 oz Chambord
2 oz pineapple juice
raspberry, garnish

Instructions

In a co*cktail shaker add ice and co*cktail ingredients.
Shake vigorously
Strain into a Martini glass. Take your time to and allow foam to rest on top. Let the co*cktail rest for 30 seconds. This allows the foam to form.
Gently place a raspberry hallow opening side up on top the foam. It will float and stay in place as long as no liquid gets into the opening of the raspberry.

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