Serve in a Martini glass
2 1⁄2 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
1⁄4 oz | Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice) |
2 barspoon | Orange marmalade |
1⁄4 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
Garnish: Basil leaf
STIR marmalade with gin in base of shaker to dissolve marmalade. Add lemon juice and lime cordial, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
Orange marmalade justifies the 'breakfast' prefix and adds complexity to this gimlet.
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A mashup of the classic Gimlet and Salvatore Calabrese's Breakfast Martini. Created by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.
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The calorie guide cannot be correct however as 3 x 25ml gin equals 186 calories alone - add on to that 2 tsps of marmalade (32 assuming you use a level tsp, which you probably won’t!) and the lime cordial and you’re already around 230 cals at least