Aviator No. 1

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (33 ratings)

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
12 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
12 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
12 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
14 oz Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  2. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  4. POUR cassis into centre of cocktail (it should sink).

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Review:

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

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Nutrition:

One serving of Aviator No. 1 contains 198 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.7 standard drinks
  • 20.23% alc./vol. (40.45° proof)
  • 24.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Josh Harpoon’s Avatar Josh Harpoon
1st March at 21:43
To avoid the egg white problem I shaked it separately. Still not great, I could do better, but anyway it looks fantastic with three layers white, pale yellow and red.
A lot of flavours to. Not easy to get it right, but a nice cocktail.
Egor Doroshenko’s Avatar Egor Doroshenko
6th November 2022 at 17:42
What if I cancel an egg white?
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.
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.
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.