Breakfast Gimlet

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (8 ratings)

Serve in

Martini glass

Garnish:

Basil leaf

How to make:

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.

2 1/2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1/4 fl oz Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
2 barspoon Orange marmalade
1/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

Orange marmalade justifies the 'breakfast' prefix and adds complexity to this gimlet.

Variant:

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Milanese Breakfast Martini - with orange marmalade, dry gin, red bitter liqueur, lemon juice and prosecco.
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History:

A mashup of the classic Gimlet and Salvatore Calabrese's Breakfast Martini. Created by yours truly at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 27.69% alc./vol. (55.38° proof)
  • 24.9 grams of pure alcohol
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