Name: Parma Violet Spritz
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 75 ml Prosecco; 50 ml Crème de violette; 25 ml Soda (club soda) water

Parma Violet Spritz
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Fiol Extra Dry Prosecco
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Rothman & Winter Crème de Violette Liqueur
⁵⁄₆ oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water chilled

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of small pack of Parma Violet sweets.
POUR prosecco and liqueur into glass.
FILL glass with ice.
TOP with soda.
Garnish with Parma Violet sweets.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Prosecco sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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Review:

Inspired by and garnished with mini Parma Violet sweets, this spritz is flavoured with crème de violette liqueur.

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History:

Created in 2013 by yours truly for Jamie's Italian Bars.

See: Spritz family of cocktails

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Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
11.06% alc./vol. (11.06° proof)
16.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt Excell

22nd June at 14:15

Too sweet, in my opinion. Thinking of splitting the Violette 50% and replacing with Dry Vermouth or Bitter Bianco. Anyone tried?

Peter Halpern

29th April 2023 at 20:54

As Paul Holdsworth stated below, 2.5ml of absinthe really brings a nice complexity to it.

We used left over Borrasca Prosecco DOCG from an event we did at home, and it was delicious.

Jan Martinek

24th January 2023 at 22:13

I didnt have carbonated, I rarely do, so I simply topped it up with more sparkling wine.
will have to try it with water as well, even though I only made it to get rid of an open bottle of prosecco, I really enjoyed this one a lot.

Paul Holdsworth

28th August 2022 at 16:41

What a sensation! I've been working up to this - Aviations, then a Moonlight or two, but this, with a solid dollop of crème de violette, threatens to overwhelm you.

Instead, it tastes (and looks!) out of this world. Any prosecco drinker would be blown away by this wonderful take on their favourite drink. And I love the flavour transition created by topping up with soda water - don't skip this!

But I do wish the proposed garnish was a bit more practical...

Paul Holdsworth

29th August 2022 at 16:09

Just tried it again, this time with 2.5ml absinthe and a sprig of mint. Very nice indeed.

John Hinojos

27th August 2022 at 00:25

I was quite surprised at this cocktail. I was expecting a huge floral flavour, but got a lovely and soft cocktail. It does taste like the Parma Violet Sweets. To tone down any sweetness, we top it with extra Prosecco instead of the soda water. Thanks for an enjoyable cocktail.

Anonymous

3rd January 2021 at 01:07

I really liked this with a sparkling brut of humble origin. I chose to top up with the wine because it was nicely dry. The violet was really enjoyable this way.

Anonymous

11th September 2020 at 23:03

Victoria says it’s A bit too Violettey.... and tastes like talcum powder whilst wearing a winceyette nightgown... however I’ll have another....

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