breakfast martini

{{short description|Gin cocktail}}

{{ infobox cocktail

| source = Simon Difford

| sourcelink = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/all-shook-up-cocktail-expert-simon-difford-reveals-his-yuletide-recipes-1038128.html

| name = Breakfast martini

| image = Breakfast Martini.jpg

| caption = Breakfast martini

| type = cocktail

| gin = yes

| served = straight

| garnish = lemon twist

| drinkware = cocktail

| ingredients = 2 shots (50 ml) gin
3/4 shot (18.75 ml) Cointreau or triple sec
3/4 shot fresh lemon juice
1 spoon orange marmalade

| prep = Mix or shake in cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. Strain into glass and serve.

| categories =

}}

A breakfast martini is a marmalade cocktail with gin, marmalade, orange liqueur, and lemon juice (in place of vermouth), created by bartender Salvatore Calabrese.{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/11/WIG6HPO0Q71.DTL|title=Mother's Little Helpers|author=Jon Bonné |date=2007-05-11}} Although the drink contains no vermouth, the term "breakfast martini" is consistent with the trend of calling any straight liquor in a martini glass a "martini," such as the saketini or other variations.{{cite news|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/11152006/entertainment/food/stir_crazy__food_brian_niemietz.htm|title=Stir Crazy!|last=Brian|first=Niemietz|date=2006-11-15|work=The New York Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081213151447/http://www.nypost.com/seven/11152006/entertainment/food/stir_crazy__food_brian_niemietz.htm|archive-date=December 13, 2008}}

The drink was invented in 1996 at the Library Bar at the Lanesborough Hotel in London, England.{{cite news|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/fashion/16shake.html?ref=fashion|title=A Toast to No Toast |author=Jonathan Miles|date=2007-12-16}} A similar drink, the Marmalade Cocktail, was invented in the 1920s by Harry Craddock and published in his standard reference book, the Savoy Cocktail Book.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/all-shook-up-cocktail-expert-simon-difford-reveals-his-yuletide-recipes-1038128.html|title=Simon Difford reveals his seasonal cocktail recipes|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|date=2008-12-27|author=Simon Difford}}

The name has been applied to various other martini-style drinks as well.{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/food/restaurants/articles/2005/03/03/brunch_punch/|publisher=Boston Globe|title=Brunch punch|author=Jenn Abelson|date=2005-03-03}}