Gin Cocktail Recipes: Take Flight

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  • One of our favorite gin cocktail recipes is the "Take Flight" – the addition of Crème de Violette gives this drink a violet candy taste and a gorgeous purple hue – mix up a few for your next girls' night in!

    Cocktail Recipe: Take Flight

    It's cocktail Friday, heyyy! The addition of Crème de Violette gives this drink a violet candy taste and a gorgeous purple hue!

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    Servings: 1

    Ingredients:

    • 1.5 oz gin: 1.5 ounces
    • .75 oz lemon juice: .75 ounces
    • .5 oz Maraschino liqueur: .5 ounces
    • .25 oz Crème de Violette: .25 ounces
    • cherries: 3
    • egg white: 1

    Directions:

    Step 1: Combine cherries and maraschino liqueur in a cocktail shaker and muddle the cherries until they release their juice
     
    Step 2: Add Gin, lemon juice and egg white from one egg to the shaker. Shake vigorously for 15
    seconds.
     
    Step 3: Add ice to the shaker and shake again for 15 seconds
     
    Step 4: Double strain the drink into a chilled cocktail glass