The boy and his poison: The Mid-Morning Reviver

I'm a secret Radio 4 junkie. From the abrupt early morning alarm call of the Today programme to settling down to lunch with the Archers, my daily eight hour habit has been a fantastic way to preserve my sanity between between breakfast and cocktail hour for the last few years.

The 10am ritual of Woman's Hour with a quadruple espresso is pivotal to my working day and so when I discovered we were going to be on today (27 minutes in if you fancy a listen) I thought I'd honour the occasion with a bespoke cocktail. I couldn't resist gin (mainly due to the arsenal of bottles I'd inherited from Christmas) but I wanted something a bit special to set it apart, so I settled on the sophisticated taste of Aperol (if you can't get hold of any feel free to substitute it for Campari). A tangy spoonful of apricot jam later I'd hit on 'The Mid-Morning Reviver'. Shake in a jam-jar (far more fun than cocktail glasses) with ice and serve between ten and eleven if circumstances permit.

You'll Need:

• 50ml Gin
• 25ml Aperol (Campari should work just as well)
• 1 heaped teaspoon of apricot jam
• A piece of orange peel

Then Shake:

• Shake over ice
• Strain and pour into a small coupe glass
• Pinch the orange peel over the top of the glass to release the orange oil over the drink

Or my new favourite shaking method:

• Fill a jam-jar with ice
• Pour all the ingredients in and close the lid
• Shake vigorously and remove the lid
• Squeeze the orange peel over the top and drop a thin straw in the jar