Fizz á la Violette

Name: Fizz á la Violette
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Old Tom gin; 7.5 ml Crème de violette; 30 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 30 ml Whipping cream; 30 ml Egg white; Top up with Soda from siphon

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette Liqueur
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1 fl oz	Whipping cream
1 fl oz	Egg white
Top up with	Soda from siphon

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Fizz or Highball (8oz to 10oz)

Method:

1/ Flash BLEND first 6 ingredients without ice (to emulsify mix). Then pour contents of blender into shaker and SHAKE with ice. Strain into chilled glass (no ice in glass) and TOP with soda from siphon.

Alternatively: 2/ SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and strain into chilled glass (no ice). TOP with soda water from siphon.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Fizz á la Violette contains 237 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
9.4% alc./vol. (18.8° proof)
15.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Whipping cream — Dairy
Egg white — Eggs

History

An adaptation of the Ramos Fizz. In his 1939 The Gentleman's Companion, Charles H. Baker Jr. credits this drinks creation to Ahmed Soliman a manufacturer and seller of Perfume Essences in the Khan el Kalili Bazaar, Cairo.

Review

A delicate floral cocktail that is so creamy and smooth that it's almost fluffy.

Hayman's Old Tom Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
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Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette Liqueur 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$59.99 $0.60 per cocktail

Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette Liqueur image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$14.99 $0.30 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

$2.84 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 16.5 cocktails.
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