{"id":30,"date":"2014-12-26T22:23:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T05:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listick.com\/?p=30"},"modified":"2014-12-26T22:37:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T05:37:34","slug":"aviation-cocktail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listick.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/listick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aviation_Cocktail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/listick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aviation_Cocktail-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aviation Cocktail\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aviation_Cocktail-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/listick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aviation_Cocktail-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/listick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Aviation_Cocktail.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aviation Cocktail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Knowing my penchant for trying new cocktails, my dear friends James and Jackie Williams gave me a bottle of Creme de Violette for Christmas. Creme de Violette is a liquor made from &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; violets. It lends a subtle floral aroma and flavor to drinks, as well as an appealing (but not over-the-top) violet color.<\/p>\n<p>A number of classic cocktails call for Creme de Violette, and I mixed one of them, \u00a0the Aviation Cocktail, tonight. I\u00a0added a small amount of simple syrup to the classic recipe, \u00a0to counter\u00a0the sourness of the lemon juice, and the result was a very well-balanced drink &#8211; one that I will definitely add to my regular rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aviation Cocktail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 oz London Dry gin<br \/>\n.5 oz fresh lemon juice<br \/>\n.25 oz maraschino liqueur (Luxardo)<br \/>\n.25 oz cr\u00e8me de violette (Rothman &amp; Winter)<br \/>\n.25 oz simple syrup<\/p>\n<p>Shake all ingredients with ice, then strain into a well-chilled cocktail glass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 5<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing my penchant for trying new cocktails, my dear friends James and Jackie Williams gave me a bottle of Creme de Violette for Christmas. Creme de Violette is a liquor made from &#8211; you guessed it &#8211; violets. It lends a subtle floral aroma and flavor to drinks, as well as an appealing (but not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/listick.com\/?p=30\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aviation Cocktail<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liquid-delights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}