A customizable, 3-ingredient cocktail made from ingredients you likely always have on hand, this Gin & (Cranberry Orange) Jam Cocktail is a refreshing fall sipper.
Monday started #CranberryWeek, a fun week hosted by Caroline at Caroline’s Cooking, and I kicked things off with making a Cranberry Orange Marmalade. The sweet and bitter spread is worth making now, so that you can enjoy a taste of fall with morning toast, fall entertaining (on baked brie or a cheeseboard) or in today’s recipe, but it’s also one worth bookmarking in case you buy too many cranberries this month – the marmalade will last for months.
For my second recipe of the week, I wanted to give you an easy recipe to use that marmalade – you know, in case the other ideas I gave you earlier this week wasn’t enough. For a while, I’d been wanting to try a Gin & Jam Cocktail. Sounded easy, and sounded like a fun way to make a seasonal cocktail. Any jam or marmalade you have on hand will do, but using cranberry-orange marmalade was a my nod to the season. (Thanksgiving signature cocktail anyone?)
The cocktail is both sweet from the marmalade, and savory, from the juniper notes in the gin. I found it came together best when the gin and marmalade or jam was shaken with ice in a cocktail shaker and then transferred to a glass and topped with club soda – you could simply stir the ingredients together but the marmalade doesn’t get as well incorporated into the drink.
Before I get to the recipe, I just wanted to share all of the other delicious cranberry recipes being shared today. Check them out below, or search #CranberryWeek on social media.
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- Chocolate Cranberry Blondies from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Cranberry Amaretto Ice Cream from The Redhead Baker
- Cranberry Apple Flan from The Freshman Cook
- Cranberry Breakfast Smoothie from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Cranberry Crescent Rolls with Maple Icing from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
- Cranberry Curd Tart from Savory Moments
- Cranberry Glazed Meatballs from Palatable Pastime
- Cranberry Mule from The Spiffy Cookie
- Cranberry Nut Cream Cheese Ball from Our Crafty Mom
- Cranberry Orange Scones from Caroline’s Cooking
- Cranberry Orange Sweet Rolls from Cookaholic Wife
- Cranberry Pecan Mini Cheeseballs from Cheese Curd In Paradise
- Gin & {Cranberry-Orange} Jam Cocktail from Books n’ Cooks (below)
- Sparkling Cranberry Brie Bites from Sweet Beginnings
- Turkey Nachos with Cranberry Salsa from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Gin & {Cranberry-Orange} Jam Cocktail
A customizable, 3-ingredient cocktail made from ingredients you likely always have on hand, this Gin & (Cranberry Orange) Jam Cocktail is a refreshing fall sipper.
Ingredients
- 2 Tbs. Cranberry Orange Marmalade
- 1 1/2 oz. good quality gin
- club soda about 2-4 oz.
Instructions
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Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add marmalade and gin. Shake to combine. Pour into a highball glass - no need to strain unless you want to. Top with club soda and serve immediately.
Love the idea of putting jam in a G&T!
Great use for that wonderful marmalade you made.
Thanks Wendy!
You’re killing me! You took that amazing jam and turned it into something even more amazing! Way to go!!!