Breakfast Martini

Serve in a

Garnish:

Orange zest twist & slice of toast on rim

How to make:

STIR marmalade with gin in base of shaker until it dissolves. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Review:

The success or failure of this tangy drink is partly reliant on the quality of marmalade used. For ease of use, choose "fine cut" or even "no peel"/"shredless" orange marmalade.

Variant:

Marmalade Cocktail - orange marmalade, dry gin and lemon juice.
English Marmalade (Hawksmoor Marmalade Martini) - with orange marmalade, dry gin, red bitter liqueur, lemon juice and orange bitters.
Milanese Breakfast Martini - with orange marmalade, dry gin, red bitter liqueur, lemon juice and prosecco.
Paddington Bear Martini - with orange marmalade, dry gin, pisco and bianco vermouth.
Breakfast Gimlet - with orange marmalade, dry gin, lime cordial and lemon juice.
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History:

This neo-Martini was created in 1996 by bartender and long-term President of the United Kingdom Bartender's Guild, Salvatore Calabrese.

Being of proud Italian descent, Salvatore usually has little more than a swift espresso for breakfast. However, one morning, Sue, his English wife, insisted he sit down for breakfast and served him toast and marmalade. Salvatore came up with the idea for his Breakfast Martini while enjoying the tangy preserve-covered toast and took the jar to work with him. Later that day, at London's Library Bar in the Lanesborough Hotel, he perfected his signature cocktail.

Coincidentally, Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book includes a recipe for a "Marmalade Cocktail" that's very similar to Salvatore's Breakfast Martini. However, Salvatore says that the inspiration for his drink was the hearty English breakfast and not the classic English bartending book.

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Alcohol content:

• 1.4 standard drinks
• 25.28% alc./vol. (50.56° proof)
• 20.2 grams of pure alcohol