Name: Marmalade Gin Martini Cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 2 oz Gin; 1.5 oz Lemon Juice; 2 tbsp Orange Marmalade; Orange Slice or Dehydrated Citrus Wheel (garnish)

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Looking to make a quick and easy Marmalade Gin Cocktail?

Our refreshing Marmalade Cocktail recipe features sweet and sticky British-style orange peel jam, which is shaken with premium gin and freshly squeezed lemon juice then poured into an elegant martini or couple glass.

The chic 3 ingredient gin drink is both refreshing and tart. It’s one of our most beloved summer martini recipes, perfect for brunch or afternoon tea.

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What Is Marmalade?

Marmalade is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water.

The best-known version popular in Britain is made from bitter orange. It can also be made from lemons, limes, grapefruits, mandarins, sweet oranges, bergamots, and other citrus fruits, or a combination.

What is a Marmalade Gin Cocktail?

This Marmalade Martini is an easy 3 ingredient cocktail, perfect for the citrus lovers in your life. We love to serve it at brunch or with afternoon tea.

You can use homemade marmalade or your favourite store bought brand, which adds flavour and sweetness to the floral gin and tart lemon juice.

We love shaking up this classy Marmalade Gin recipe on hot summer days when a craving for a strong martini hits.

This easy Marmalade Cocktail recipe features orange marmalade, lemon juice and gin.

Marmalade Cocktail Recipe Ingredients

This homemade Marmalade Martini is made with premium ingredients:

Gin: use a floral gin like Aviation, Malfy or Tanqueray.
Lemon Juice: freshly squeezed citrus juice adds a sublime acidity to the drink.
Marmalade: the cocktail is sweetened and flavoured with classic orange peel jam. Use homemade marmalade or your favourite store bought brand.
Citrus Wheel: garnish the coupe or martini glass with a dehydrated citrus wheel or fresh orange slice before serving.

Serve this Marmalade Gin recipe in a coupe or martini glass.

Marmalade Martini Cocktail Recipe Tips

This sweet and sassy Marmalade Gin recipe is easy to make at home, ready to serve in under 5 minutes.

Our homemade Marmalade Gin Cocktail serves one person. If you’re hosting a large gathering feel free to multiply the ingredients by the number of guests and muddle the drink in a festive punch bowl or jug rather than a cocktail shaker.

We’ve used gin in this recipe but you can substitute with your favourite vodka if you prefer for another rift on the popular martini.

Be sure to squeeze fresh lemons and never use concentrate. You can taste the quality difference!

An hour or two before you’re planning on serving this Marmalade Cocktail we suggest placing the gin bottle in the freezer so it is well chilled.

Garnish a Marmalade Martini with a fresh orange slice or dehydrated citrus wheel.

Best Bartender Tools & Cocktail Equipment

Before hosting a swanky Marmalade Gin Cocktail soiree you’ll need to ensure you have the best bartender tools and cocktail equipment.

Cocktail Kit: cocktail kits are the perfect gift for newbie mixology fans as they include basic bartender tools like a jigger, shaker and spoon.
Cocktail Shaker: a bartender’s best friend. Purchase a premium cocktail shaker to muddle or shake up your favourite pink gin cocktails.
Cocktail Glassware: make sure your bar is stocked with a selection of unique glassware to show off your favourite cocktail creations.
Hawthorne Strainer: this unique strainer features tightly wound coils and perforated holes. It keeps ice and other large ingredients like lime wedges in your cocktail shaker rather than in the glass.
Bar Spoons: slender and long bar spoons are a must-have when stirring drinks.
Bottle Opener: easily open bottles of beer or cider with the flick of your wrist or purchase a corkscrew for fine wine.
Pouring Spout: once you’ve opened a new bottle of gin insert these affordable pourers to make cocktail assembly a breeze.
Cutting Board: purchase a petite cutting board for your bar to slice garnishes or citrus wedges like lime, orange, lemon or grapefruit.
Ice Bucket: chill bottles of gin quickly in an ice bucket or keep by the bar when muddling gin mixers into cool creations.
Ice Crusher: fans of the Mint Julep love an ice crusher.
Ice Cube Kit: we suggest purchasing a selection of ice cube trays. Silicone styles are our favourite as they’re easy to clean and are available in various shapes and sizes.
Jigger: use a jigger to accurately measure spirits, juices, syrups and shrubs.
Juicer: invest in an electronic juicer or buy an affordable hand-held to easily juice fresh citrus like lemons and limes.
Muddler: fans of the Mojito love a sturdy muddler to mix mint and lime. Muddler’s are handy for any cocktail featuring ingredients that need a pounding like fresh herbs or citrus wedges.
Citrus Peeler & Zester: adorn your craft cocktails with a thick citrus peel or finer ribbons of lime or lemon zest.
Rimmer: Bloody Mary and Caesar lovers should outfit their bar with a handy rimmer for salting and sugaring glassware.

We like making this Marmalade Gin Cocktail with Aviation Gin.

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Best Selling Gin

Gin has certainly enjoyed a boom in popularity at cocktail bars in recent years. You’ll find fantastic premium gins distilled from Scotland to Muskoka. Here are some of the world’s best selling gins and some of our local small batch favourites:

Gordon’s Gin: The world’s top selling gin brand is owned by Diageo. The brand’s pink iteration has undoubtedly helped to fuel its success. Gordon’s has also unveiled a line of new innovative products including two “ultra-low-alcohol” pre-mixed gin and tonic sparkling beverages and Gordon’s Gin-infused popsicles.
Bombay Sapphire Gin: Bacardi-owned Bombay Sapphire is one of the worlds best-selling gins. Bombay Sapphire kicked off a new limited edition range with the launch of a gin inspired by summer in the English countryside.
Tanqueray: Diageo-owned Tanqueray launched a new marketing campaign developed to shift consumers’ attention from “gimmicks” to flavour and unveiled a range of bottled ready-to-drink gin and tonics, made with its London Dry Gin and Flor de Sevilla Distilled Gin.
Beefeater Gin: Pernod Ricard’s flagship gin brand is Beefeater. The brand launched strawberry-flavoured Beefeater Pink in 2018 and further expanded its portfolio with the debut of a new blood orange-flavoured gin.
Seagram’s: Pernod Ricard-owned Seagram’s is a top seller having recently purchased Italian brand Malfy Gin.
Hendrick’s Gin: Opened the door to its £13 million Gin Palace in 2018, allowing the brand to double its capacity to two million cases annually. The Scottish brand has also added to its portfolio with the launch of the limited edition summer solstice-inspired Midsummer Solstice gin.
Edinburgh Gin: This craft distillery in Edinburgh produces a parade of flavoured gin bottles including rhubarb & ginger gin, raspberry gin, bramble & honey gin, black currant & anise, strawberry & pink peppercorn and pomegranate & rose.
Dillon’s Distillery: This Beamsville producer makes small batch gins including rose gin, cherry gin and strawberry gin.
Muskoka Brewery: This Ontario craft brewery produces a London Dry and spicy pink peppercorn gin.

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