Aviator #1

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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
1⁄2 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
1⁄4 oz Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. POUR cassis into centre of drink (it should sink).

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Review:

An Aviation with egg white and a dash of cassis in the bottom but is actually better and more balanced when the cassis is shaken with the other ingredients.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Aviator #1 contains 198 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 20.23% alc./vol. (20.23° proof)
  • 22.8 grams of pure alcohol

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Egor Doroshenko’s Avatar Egor Doroshenko
6th November 2022 at 17:42
What if I cancel an egg white?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
6th November 2022 at 21:24
Perhaps then a grounded Aviator. Better with egg, or at least aquafaba.
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Anonymous

20th March 2021 at 00:59
I added all the ingredients together as suggested in the review. Excellent results.
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Jordan Howse’s Avatar Jordan Howse
6th March 2021 at 21:48
I’m not sure what I did wrong with this one, but it turned out incredibly chalky.
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Jack Haynes’ Avatar Jack Haynes
19th March 2021 at 20:53
Same! I think the lemon juice and the egg white reacted together before I got the chance to shake it.
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