The recipe

How to make it

1In the shaker, stir the marmalade into the gin, Cointreau and lemon until it dissolves.
2Add ice and shake.
3Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Garnish: Fine shreds of orange peel.

A full bar spoon of marmalade is taken as about 8 g for the numbers.

The ratio

3½ : 1 : 1 : ¾

In parts, a Breakfast Martini is 3½ gin, 1 triple sec, 1 lemon and ¾ orange marmalade. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

Gin · 3½Triple sec · 1Lemon · 1Orange marmalade · ¾

Also gin

Bramble

4 : 2 : 1 : 1¼

Gin → Whiskey

Bourbon Renewal

4 : 2 : 1 : 1

Gin → Brandy

Brandy Crusta

3½ : ½ : ¼ : 1 : ¼

Gin → Mezcal

Illegal

2 : 1 : 1 : ¼ : 1½ : 1

Amaretto Sour — Amaretto and lemon shaken with egg white into a foamy, almond-sweet sour.
Aviation — Gin and lemon sweetened with maraschino, with a spoonful of crème de violette for its pale sky color and floral edge.
Bee’s Knees — Gin softened with honey and brightened with lemon and orange. A gentle, rounded sour.
Between the Sheets — Cognac and white rum with triple sec and lemon: a Sidecar with a second spirit. Strong and orange-scented.
Brown Derby — Bourbon, grapefruit juice and honey, shaken: a Hollywood whiskey sour, round and gently tart.
Caipirinha — Lime wedges muddled with sugar, then cachaça over cracked ice. Rustic, tart and grassy.

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 182

Sugar

≈ 9 g

Strength

≈ 18%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.5

Gin ≈ 110Triple sec ≈ 48Orange marmalade ≈ 20Lemon juice ≈ 3 How we estimate