My departure--the Blue Diamond Martini:
- 3.0 oz Gin (I used Gilbey's)
- 0.5 oz Crème de Violette
- 0.5 oz Triple Sec
- Twist of Lemon (otherwise the drink is cloyingly sweet)
Shake over ice then strain into glass.
If you need a garnish, try a candied orange slice to imitate a setting sun on the horizon.The Blue Diamond Martini is the martini I created and am drinking tonight. It takes inspiration from Hugo Ensslin's Aviation Cocktail from the early 1900s. I learned about the Aviation Cocktail after taking a tour of a Solent Flying Boat at the Oakland Aviation Museum. Supposedly Aviation Cocktails were popular aboard Pan Am flights like on the China Clipper in the 1930s.
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| Photo from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark thanks to Ultimate Indy Locations |
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| Photo of actual Solent Flying Boat at Oakland Aviation Museum from Ultimate Indy Locations |
The color of the Blue Diamond is more subtly muted than the aviation cocktail. . . it really looks like a pale, blue diamond instead of the sky. And I prefer the lemon and Triple Sec flavor profile over what you get with the Maraschino liqueur used in the Aviation Cocktail.
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