This cocktail, by Kris Plazek, founder of WhatToDrink.com, creates a radish and olive “eyeball,” which is frozen into an ice cube.

 

Bloody Eyeball Martini

Ingredients Per Cocktail

  • 2 ounces of gin or vodka
  • ½ ounce of dry vermouth
  • 1 small pimento-stuffed green olive
  • 1 large radish (the olive must be insertable into the radish)

The “eyeballs” should be prepared a day before you plan to use them.

Preparation Of “Eyeballs”

  1. Peel radish, leaving thin streaks of red skin on to represent blood vessels.
  2. Using the tip of  a small, knife, scoop out a small hole in each radish.
  3. Stuff a green olive, pimento side out, in each hole.
  4. Place radish eyeballs in empty ice cube tray and put in freezer overnight.
  5. Place gin and vermouth in a cocktail shaker with ice.
  6. Gently shake and pour, straining the ice, into a martini glass.
  7. Garnish with an olive eyeball.

Step 1: Peel radishes, leaving thin streaks of red skin on to represent blood vessels.

Step 2: Using the tip of  a small, knife, scoop out a small hole in each radish, then stuff a green olive, pimiento side out, in each hole.

Step 4:  Place radish eyeballs in empty ice cube tray and put in freezer overnight.