Marmalade Cocktail

Name: Marmalade Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 barspoon Orange marmalade; 2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin; 1⁄2 oz Lemon juice; 1⁄4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) optional; 1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura optional; 3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

Robust
Slightly tart

Ingredients

3 barspoon Orange marmalade
2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice
1⁄4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) optional
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura optional
3 drop Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

Method

Glassware:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method:

STIR 3 flat barspoons of marmalade (15-20ml) with other ingredients in base of shaker to dissolve the marmalade.
SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

History:

First published in the 1925 book Drinks Long & Short by Nina Toye and A. H. Adair (with thanks to Nicola Piazza for discovering this) and repeated five years later in Harry Craddock's influential The Savoy Cocktail Book.