This is a really easy variation on the classic French 75 cocktail, with marmalade substituting for the simple syrup. Most people would have marmalade jam lying around so for a quick drink, so if you don’t have ready made simple syrup at hand, or don’t want to go to that trouble, give this a try! Great with rich dishes like slow braised fatty pork belly and of course, you can add more champagne/prosecco/sparkling if you want more fizz. Pro-tip - here’s already enough sweetness in the gin base so unless you want a super sweet cocktail, try and go for a drier style of sparkling wine though.

How to make a Lady Marmalade Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients

• 45ml gin

• 15ml lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon marmalade

• Sparkling wine/prosecco or champagne to top up (say around 120ml or more depending on your glass)

Method

• Shake everything except sparkling wine/prosecco/champagne and pour into glass.

• Top up with sparkling wine/prosecco/champagne.