Blue Moon Cocktail Recipe

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Heather Arndt Anderson
Heather Arndt Anderson
Heather Arndt Anderson is an award-winning food writer, author, and botanist who has contributed cocktail recipes to Serious Eats and operates a test kitchen from her home in Oregon.
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Updated Aug. 30, 2018
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The sweetly floral aroma of Crème de Violette is an obvious pairing to the boreal forest notes of good gin. This cocktail is based on Hugo Ensslin's 1916 Aviation recipe, merely omitting the Maraschino. An early recipe for the drink appears in David Embury's 1948 classic, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

Recipe Facts

3

(1)

Total: 5 mins
Serves: 1 serving

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Ingredients

  • Ice

  • 2 ounces high-quality gin

  • 1/2 ounces Creme de Violette

  • 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • Garnish: lemon twist

Directions

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add gin, Creme de Violette, and lemon juice. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
303 Calories
0g Fat
26g Carbs
0g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 1
Amount per serving
Calories 303
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 4mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 26g 9%
Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
Total Sugars 23g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 14mg 68%
Calcium 10mg 1%
Iron 0mg 1%
Potassium 32mg 1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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