Water Lily Cocktail

Photo: Murray Hall • Food Styling: Jessie YuChen. Photo: Murray Hall • Food Styling: Jessie YuChen

Crème de violette adds sweetness and an arresting purple color to a tart mix of gin, lemon juice, and triple sec in this cocktail recipe adapted from Please Don’t Tell (PDT), a speakeasy in New York City.

Yield: Makes 1 cocktail Time: 5 minutes ¾ oz. crème de violette ¾ oz. gin ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice ¾ oz. triple sec Strip of orange zest, for garnish Instructions To a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, add the crème de violette, gin, lemon juice, and triple sec, and shake vigorously until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with the orange zest.

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