Garnish:
Orange zest twist
How to make:
STIR marmalade with other ingredients in base of shaker to dissolve the marmalade. SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 4 barspoon | Orange marmalade |
| 2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1/6 fl oz | Strucchi Red Bitter Liqueur |
| 1/2 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/4 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 1 dash | Orange Bitters by Angostura |
Review:
The addition of bitter liqueur and aromatic bitters to the classic 1930 recipe from The Savoy Cocktail Book, lifts the Marmalade Cocktail to a new level of bittersweet complexity.
Variant:
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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:
Adapted from a recipe discovered in 2013 at Hawksmoor in Spitalfields, London, England. Huw Gott, Hawksmoor's co-founder, says the cocktail went on the menu soon after the restaurant and bar opened in 2006.
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 23.93% alc./vol. (47.86° proof)
- 21 grams of pure alcohol
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