The Pornstar Martini is one of the UK's most popular cocktails and is revered as a modern classic cocktail. It was first created by Douglas Ankrah at the Townhouse Bar, London in 2003. Douglas also founded London's LAB Bar which is well renowned for their exceptional Pornstar Martinis. He first named the cocktail the Maverick Martini after a gentleman's club in Cape Town he frequented, but later changed the name to the Pornstar Martini.
"I called it the Pornstar Martini because I thought it was something that a porn star would drink. It's pure indulgence, sexy, fun and evocative,".
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The sidecar of champagne (or prosecco) is designed to be a palate cleanser so it's recommended to alternate sips between the cocktail and the champagne.
What ingredients are in a Pornstar Martini?
Vanilla vodka, passion fruit liqueur, passion fruit puree and vanilla sugar.
You can watch one of the bartenders from LAB, Soho making the original Pornstar Martini (created at LAB by Douglas Ankrah). Note that he uses a scaled back recipe due to the standard pour in the UK being 25 ml. Bartenders in the UK commonly use 25 ml / 50 ml jiggers (5/6 oz / 1 1/3 oz) so standard recipes can differ.
