A variation on the Aviation
Servings: 1 cocktail
Equipment
- jigger
- shaker
- rocks cocktail glass
Ingredients
- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz crème de violette (not easy to find, but get Tempus Fugit if you can)
- 2 rounds of lemon (meaning, slices; or about 1/2 oz lemon juice)
- 4 Luxardo cherries (Luxardo, specifically; or about 1/2 oz Maraschino Liqueur)
Instructions
- Put ice into the rocks glass
- Put ice into the shaker
- Pour in the gin and crème de violette2 oz gin, 1 oz crème de violette
- Put the 4 Luxardo cherries in4 Luxardo cherries
- Squeeze the juice from the 2 lemon rounds into the shaker2 rounds of lemon
- Shake well
- Strain cocktail into rocks glass
- Garnish with more cherries on a stick
Notes
The Aviation has the same ingredients, but less gin, less crème de violette, and Maraschino Liqueur instead of cherries.
From Michael’s on East.