Fig Vodka Martini Recipe

Published: Dec 4, 2019 · Updated: Feb 12, 2024 by Geoffrey Swetz · 28 Comments

5 from 12 reviews

Fig Vodka Martini is a delightful, unique mixture of vodka, triple sec, fig preserves, apple and lime juices, but you can use any high quality fig jam or marmalade. If you love figs, you will love this easy cocktail. If you don't like figs, or think they don't belong in cocktails, as did I, read on and give it a chance.

Hello Friends. Geoffrey here again. It looks like I will be the official writer of our cocktail recipes. Not a bad thing since I need to drink them to write about them. If you have been following us for a while, you probably noticed that we started to share more cocktail recipes than in the past. There are two reasons for that. The first is that we didn’t really have many drinks & cocktail recipes here in the first place. The second reason is that over the last year we have discovered quite a number of unique, unusual cocktails that we love, and want to share them with you.

Horizontal photo with a beautiful Vintage cocktail glass on a round board with a Fig martini made with fig jam and vodka. Garnished with a slice Vegan Fig Salami. The marble acacia board has fresh fig and a slices of the vegan fig salami.

This Fig Vodka Martini is certainly one we want to share with you. It is a delightful, unique mixture of vodka, triple sec, apple and lime juices, and fig preserves. For this fig martini we use Black Fig Preserves, but you can use any high quality black fig jam, preserves, or marmalade, or even a fig chutney or fig & almond confit. Look at the ingredients before purchasing to check the fig fruit content verses the sugar, pectin, and other ingredients. You want a gourmet jam that is mostly figs and less if not zero of the others.

Fig Martini in a beautiful glass on a serving board. Next to the board a jar of fig marmalade. The acacia marble board is garnished with fresh fig and slices of vegan fig salami. Spoonabilities.com

Coming Clean about Figs

Before I can give you all the specific details about this vodka and fig martini recipe, I need to come clean about something. I’ve never been a big fan of figs. Ever since I was a child, I’ve liked Fig Newtons but never purposely bought any. I’ve never had the inclination to taste a raw fig before either. Just was not a flavor that excited me. Carlos however is obsessed with black figs.

So over the course of time, I have had my eyes, and pallet, open to the diverse ways figs can be used in many different dishes and drinks, as well as be eaten on their own. I haven’t stepped over the threshold into eating them alone yet, but who knows. That is all to say that I have developed an appreciation for figs and love enjoy them in everything. This fig vodka martini is definitely a winner in my (recipe) book.

Close up photo of the cocktail Vodka martini made with fig preserves.

Instructions for the Fig Vodka Martini Recipe

The steps you want to take when making the Black Fig Vodka Martini are:

Squeeze the lime juice into a shaker (with no ice). I find that 1 ounce of lime juice is usually a half of a large lime. To be 100% accurate you can squeeze the lime directly over a bar jigger to the 1 ounce mark.
Then you want to mix the fig jam and lime juice together until the jam is fully dissolved. You can omit this step if you are in a hurry, but I find that dissolving the jam before it’s in the ice helps to incorporate the flavor easier throughout the drink.
Once the jam is incorporated with the lime juice, add your ice, vodka, triple sec, and apple juice.
Shake for a good 15 seconds and then strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a slice of fig salami or a fresh fig.

Simple as that.

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Drinks for Two

You will notice that this Fig Vodka Martini, and all of our cocktail recipes are for servings of two. We decided to do this for three reasons:

First and foremost, we are husbands, so we are rarely drinking alone. We suspect that if you are making our cocktails, you are drinking with a spouse, girlfriend or boyfriend, or a friend in general.
Second, it makes it easier to pour full ounces of liquids than deal with all the halves and three quarters.
Third, if you are drinking alone, you probably will want to get that second round in your glass without having to make the cocktail recipe again. As for the third and fourth round, you’ll have to make the recipe again.... unless, you click on the “2x” modifier in the recipe card and make two batches at the same time. ;)

Fig Jam Vodka Martini in a close up photo with fresh fig and fig salami around the cocktail glass on a wooden/marble board.

Other recipes with black figs

If you are interested in learning a little more about figs, check out our Vanilla Fig Ice Cream recipe where we talk more about figs. As I mentioned before, Carlos loves figs, and over the years we have created a number of recipes that have figs. If you love figs, here are a few of them for you to try:

Will you try this Fig Vodka Martini Recipe?

Have you tried a cocktail with fig yet? If not, I highly recommend it. Why not try this easy vodka fig martini recipe? If you have had a fig martini before, I would love to hear from you. What kind of fig martini was it? What was in it, and where did you see/drink it? And of course, did you love, like or hate it? Leave me a comment below. I would love to know.

Wishing you a Fig-tastic Week!

Geoffrey Swetz

Fig Vodka Martini Recipe

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5 from 12 reviews

Author: Geoffrey Swetz
Total Time: 2 minutes
Yield: 2 1x

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Fig Vodka Martini is a unique mixture of vodka, triple sec, apple and lime juices, and fig preserves, but you can use any high quality fig jam or marmalade. If you love figs, you will love this easy cocktail. If you don't like figs, or think they don't belong in cocktails, read our recipe post and give it a chance.

Ingredients

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2 oz. vodka
2 oz. triple sec (or cointreau)
2 oz. apple juice
1 oz. fresh lime juice (half of one large lime)
2 teaspoons of Fig Preserves
Garnish with slice of fig salami, or fresh fig.

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Instructions

Mix jam and lime juice together in a shaker until jam is fully dissolved.
Add ice, vodka, triple sec, and apple juice, and shake for 15 seconds.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a slice of fig salami or fresh fig.