This aviation cocktail recipe is a gin cocktail with lemon, maraschino, and a little creme de violette. It is not a gin sour or a martini.
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Aviation
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 drink 1x
Description
Aviation. From Your Daily Hit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ounces (60ml) gin
- 1/2 ounce (15ml) lemon juice
- 1/2 ounce (15ml) maraschino liqueur
- 1 teaspoon creme de violette
- ice
- cherry
Instructions
- Shake gin, lemon, maraschino, and violette with ice.
- Strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with the cherry.
Notes
A teaspoon of violette colors it. A pour turns it soapy.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: No-cook
- Cuisine: American
Maraschino
The cherry liqueur, not the syrup from a jar.
Violette
A teaspoon. It is the pale purple.
Shake
Until the tin is cold.
Glass
A coupe.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
No violette?
The drink still works. It will be pale, not purple.
Batch
Shake each one. It separates if it sits.
Sweetness
The maraschino is the sugar. Do not add syrup.
Gin
A dry gin. A sweet gin plus maraschino is too much.
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