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English Marmalade (a.k.a. Hawksmoor Marmalade Martini)
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...
Mel Donahue
20th April at 01:02
Wonderful- bittersweet and velvety. I also reduced the marmalade to 2 bar spoons, mine were rather heaping, so probably came out to 4 bsps anyway, lol. To fully incorporate the marmalade, I put all ingredients in a bullet blender for several seconds, then poured over ice in a mixing glass and stirred about 20 secs. Strained into coupe and it came out beautifully, no bits of peel at all.
28th June 2025 at 17:08
excellent, soft and velvety, a real treat
6th June 2025 at 16:40
WOW! Taking the breakfast martini to the next level! INTENSELY bitter sweet. I followed the spec recipe and found it correctly balanced. Serious depth of flavour and not for the faint hearted!
4th May 2025 at 12:23
I really liked this. I was worried it was going to be too sweet with the marmalade and sugar syrup (and my wife did say it was very sweet) but with a bitter orange marmalade it felt just right, with the bitterness and the lemon balancing the sweetness well. I loved the viscosity the marmalade and sugar syrup gave too.
This will definitely be added to the list of regulars.
This will definitely be added to the list of regulars.
5th May 2023 at 19:10
I'm very glad I have a sweet tooth because this is a lot sweeter than you'd think. I'd halve the sugar, if not quarter it.
I don't think you want to cut the marmalade because it's gorgeous.
I don't think you want to cut the marmalade because it's gorgeous.
21st January 2024 at 12:42
I absolutely agree. I'd maybe even consider cutting the syrup entirely. But never cut the orange marmalade, it's what makes the drink so incredible.
25th August 2022 at 09:40
I had some fancy orange/ginger/Chardonnay marmalade in the fridge, so I gave it a whirl, four level(ish) barspoons. Outstanding :)
27th November 2020 at 21:00
Jonathan Stephans, you are deffo correct on the Marmalade, we stopped at 6 teaspoons of Bonne Maman marmalade and it took forever to dissolve
2 per drink sounds right
2 per drink sounds right
14th November 2020 at 20:51
Lovely recipe. Thankyou. I definitely didn't need the extra sugar. Even without it was sweet.
30th October 2020 at 18:37
Finally got it right (too much marmalade first couple of times). Fantastic with 2 level teaspoons of marmalade (IMO). New favourite
25th October 2020 at 20:57
Loved it and followed Gordon's suggestion to use chambord. Wish we could post pics
26th October 2020 at 07:30
Hi Nicola. If you click "ADD YOUR VERSION OF THIS RECIPE" (under the cocktail image) this will allow you to upload your photograph along with any tweaks to the recipe and accompanying comments.
25th October 2020 at 05:45
This is fantastic. I love this cocktail.
I dont think it even needs the sugar syrup unless you have a sweet tooth. I do, so I experimented and swapped it with 15ml of Chambord. Wow!
I dont think it even needs the sugar syrup unless you have a sweet tooth. I do, so I experimented and swapped it with 15ml of Chambord. Wow!
17th October 2020 at 17:15
This is superb.
Doesn't feel strong - it's fresh and zingy.
I've bought 3x 40g jars of marmalade for £1, so I'll be enjoying a few of these.
Doesn't feel strong - it's fresh and zingy.
I've bought 3x 40g jars of marmalade for £1, so I'll be enjoying a few of these.
27th November 2020 at 21:01
cheapskate ....go bonne marman its worth it believe me
Anonymous
29th August 2020 at 21:27
Does anyone know what a "4 spoon" measurement is?
30th August 2020 at 08:25
1 spoon = 5ml (1/6 oz) or of heaped then 7.5ml (1/4 oz).