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Breakfast Martini
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"...
Bradley Viljoen
26th September 2025 at 17:24
Stunning drink. It’s perfect in the morning or pre lunch.
6th June 2025 at 16:04
With a generous spoon of homemade marmalade and fresh lemon juice you can’t go wrong. Classic and inspired recipe. Give it a hearty shake and your guests will love this 💛
22nd February 2025 at 23:17
This is a lovely drink! On the sweet side but with a savory breakfast it works so well.
8th January 2025 at 18:18
Made this with home-made fairly runny orange marmalade. Transformative, updating to Outstanding. The choice of marmalade is, fairly unsurprisingly, the key to this cocktail.
7th January 2025 at 15:10
Barspoons are an imprecise measure. British marmalade has a lot of pectin (solid, will heap up). Continental marmalade, jams are much more liquid.
Tip 1: for consistency, use kitchen scales. An individual serve pot, think hotel breakfast buffet, is 30g which works well for us.
Tip 2: it's much easier to muddle marmalade with just a little liquid. Get it dissolved before adding the rest.
We usually make one Breakfast Martini and one English Marmalade and then share. It's what Sundays are for.
Tip 1: for consistency, use kitchen scales. An individual serve pot, think hotel breakfast buffet, is 30g which works well for us.
Tip 2: it's much easier to muddle marmalade with just a little liquid. Get it dissolved before adding the rest.
We usually make one Breakfast Martini and one English Marmalade and then share. It's what Sundays are for.
19th March 2024 at 20:10
Coming to this directly after a White Lady and having recently revisited the outstanding English Marmalade (as linked in the variants)...it sadly disappoints a little. A very good gin sour, but unfortunately the marmalade disappoints a little as a marmalade drink (it's overwhelmed by the orange of the cointreau) and it doesn't do enough to be better than a white lady with the silky texture..so a great drink on its own, but surrounded by even greater expectations.
20th March 2024 at 08:13
I'm inclined to agree. Hence, I've knocked our rating back to 4.5
7th March 2024 at 11:44
Really enjoyed this marmelade cocktail. I used a topped bar spoon, thin cut orange marmelade and did NOT double strain - just like Salvatore Calabrese recommended in the video. Maybe a small modification of Difford's recipe would be in place, Simon?
All in all, it worked beautifully with some marmelade settled in the bottom of the martini glass giving structure and extra taste. Extra bonus, no fine straining trouble.
All in all, it worked beautifully with some marmelade settled in the bottom of the martini glass giving structure and extra taste. Extra bonus, no fine straining trouble.
7th March 2024 at 13:54
I always prefer my straight-up cocktails fine-strained, as much to remove the ice chips as anything else.
3rd March 2024 at 20:38
This is nice! Nice breakfast/brunch cocktail option if you want something that's not heavy on the fruit juice. Gin is balanced out by the other ingredients without being too sweet, imo. Nice counterpoint to doughier breakfast foods like pancakes.
15th January 2024 at 13:49
For me the marmalade simply refused to dissolve in the gin. So I put orange juice in a pot with some brown sugar and reduced it until fairly thick, but not too thick to mix into the drink. Worked very well, but I’ve never had a decent version of the marmalade version to compare!
30th December 2023 at 12:10
First cocktail out of edition 17 book. Had them many times before in restaurants, first time made at home. Garnish on the side and the marmalade used was Fortnum & Mason No 62 Orange and Champagne marmalade and on a Peters yard sourdough original cracker as the garnish was superb. Lovely little brunch martini.
1st August 2023 at 01:12
Am I missing something? Tastes like boozy diluted orange gin. Will try it with more marmalade, maybe 2 teaspoons. The toast garnish is satisfying.
9th April 2023 at 17:02
Made this with orange curd and oh my goodness it works so well. The fat from the curd gives a lovely foam
23rd January 2023 at 09:16
Mostly tastes like triple sec for me. Maybe not enough orange marmalade? Maybe it's sort of meant to be tasted like that?
24th January 2023 at 13:44
Marmalade and gin should prevail with triple sec helping to amplify orange notes.
18th January 2023 at 22:47
Wow! A new favourite. Packs a bitter tangy punch. I used a chunky marmalade and retrieved the chunks from the shaker to add to the glass. I’m inspired to try marmalade with other spirits.
19th January 2023 at 08:33
Hi Ian. Please see link to our Marmalade cocktails page above.
14th November 2022 at 05:53
I made this using Malfy Blood Orange Gin and Beerenberg Blood Orange Marmalade. beautiful!
30th July 2022 at 12:43
Like drinking stomach acid
28th July 2022 at 07:50
This is a wonderful drink however I would implore people to use as good quality marmalade as you can reasonably source. I made this with a blood orange and angostura bitters marmalade and that extra bitterness was just exquisite!
28th July 2022 at 00:18
Very delightful and flavourful cocktail. Used a high-end organic marmalade. Did use dry curaçao and a few drops of orange bitters to lessens the sweetness. Wonderful
10th July 2022 at 22:04
There is no ‘measures and measuring’ under ‘oz ml shot cl’. If you give me an email address I can send you a screenshot.
10th July 2022 at 22:17
That's a worry! Please email to simon.difford@diffordsguide.com. Many thanks.
10th July 2022 at 13:32
Grand Marnier better layers orange flavours with marmalade than Cointreau. There is no ‘measures and measuring’ under the recipe.
10th July 2022 at 21:03
"Measures and measuring" appears directly under the "oz, ml, shot, cl" in every recipe. To be honest, it would be perhaps better if on the same line.
16th June 2022 at 15:50
Can someone tell me what a ‘spoon’ measure is? I’m assuming tablespoon but maybe in the US it’s different
16th June 2022 at 16:33
Please click on "measures and measuring" under the recipe above. This will take you to a page explaining all measures, including what we count as a "spoon".
25th January 2022 at 20:34
Very nice, I used a little more generous amount of Apricot preserves. The orange zest is important and really sets it off. Lovely Tini, "Cheers"
13th January 2022 at 09:13
For those wondering, I'd recommend a full table spoon of marmalade, not just the bar spoon I initially used. Needs the punch!
23rd December 2021 at 22:04
I love this humbleness of this man. Such a pleasant drink. Actually, following his manner of explaining the drink, anything will taste so good.
28th October 2021 at 15:30
Je me permets de commenter en français, juste pour dire qu'il m'a tué, Salvatore, et sa mesure de 5cl de Gin!!! Magnifique!!!
25th October 2021 at 20:40
So delicious. I mixed it up with a spiced gin and a marmalade liqueur, and only a drop of marmalade for the sweetness. Mmmmmmm!
6th October 2021 at 01:58
So very good! I made one tonight in celebration of James bond day!
2nd October 2021 at 17:12
Perfect with a brown sauce bacon buttie. X
18th April 2021 at 06:27
Does anyone know what the shaker type is called, that Mr. Calabrese uses ?
By the way, a lovely Cocktail
By the way, a lovely Cocktail
18th April 2021 at 08:46
It’s a Parisian two-piece shaker and you can buy Salvatore’s shaker at UrbanBar.com. Search for “Calabrese Stainless Steel Cocktail Shaker 90cl”
25th January 2021 at 00:58
A classic cocktail, so simple to make and demonstrated by the man himself. Great point about the importance of using a good quality marmalade.