# Breakfast Martini

Fine-cut orange marmalade gives a taut gin sour fragrant peel oils, pithy bitterness, and a texture that no orange liqueur alone can supply.

Strength: 31% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 50 ml [London dry gin](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/london-dry-gin.md)
- 15 ml [Cointreau](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cointreau.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 1 bar spoon [Fine-cut orange marmalade](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-marmalade.md) — Use a full bar spoon of fine-cut bitter orange marmalade.

## Glassware

Cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Orange zest — Shred a few fine strips over the surface for aroma.

## Method

1. Stir the gin, Cointreau, fresh lemon juice, and marmalade in a shaker until the preserve loosens and disperses.
2. Add cubed ice and shake hard until thoroughly chilled.
3. Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

## Related drinks

- [The Joy Division](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/the-joy-division.md): A dry gin Martini brightened with Cointreau and a restrained measure of absinthe.
- [White Lady](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/white-lady.md): A gin sour pairing fresh lemon with the orange sweetness of triple sec.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 2](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-2.md): An equal-parts gin sour combining Cointreau, Lillet Blanc, lemon, and a bracing dash of absinthe.
- [Pegu Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/pegu-club.md): Gin, dry orange curaçao, fresh lime, and two kinds of bitters make this Rangoon club classic both a taut sour and an aromatic cocktail.
- [Silver Bullet](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/silver-bullet.md): London dry gin and lemon make a severe sour frame for kümmel’s clear, sweet caraway spice.
- [Army & Navy](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/army-and-navy.md): Orgeat replaces plain sugar in this gin sour, bringing almond richness and orange-flower perfume into a sharply structured, bitters-seasoned drink.
- [Claridge Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/claridge-cocktail.md): Gin and dry vermouth share the frame with apricot brandy and Cointreau in Léon’s 1922 Parisian fruit-Martini branch.
- [London Buck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/london-buck.md): Also known as the Gin Buck, this crisp London dry gin, lemon, and ginger-ale highball depends on cold, spice, and carbonation.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/breakfast-martini
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/breakfast-martini-c5ad58ce.webp
- Recipe source: https://salvatore-calabrese.co.uk/cocktails-and-drinks-breakfast-martini