David's Favorite Cocktail - The Aviation

The Aviation Recipe

David’s favorite cocktail is an Aviation, a classic, Prohibition-era cocktail or as David puts it, “obscure and delicious.”  It is also very pretty.

2 ounces gin1/

2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

2 teaspoons maraschino liqueur, preferably Luxardo1/

4 ounce Crème de Violette

Lemon twist, for garnish

Combine the first three ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake to chill well, then strain into a cocktail glass. Drizzle the Crème de Violette into the glass and garnish with a lemon twist.

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