Violette & MaraschinoSpring

Eagle's Dream

The Eagle's Dream is gin, crème de violette, lemon and sugar, shaken with egg white and served up, with an expressed lemon peel and drops of orange bitters on the foam. It is soft, floral and silky, with a pale violet color. A pre-Prohibition classic for early spring.

  • GlassCoupe
  • MethodShaken
  • Ingredients5
Eagle's Dream

Ingredients

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Servings
Five drops of orange bitters on the foamGarnish
Total volume—

Directions

  1. Dry shake all ingredients without ice.
  2. Add ice and shake again.
  3. Double strain into a chilled coupe.
  4. Express a lemon peel over the top and discard it.

ToolsJiggerShakerHawthorne strainerFine strainerCoupe glass

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History

The Eagle's Dream is a pre-Prohibition-style gin sour, originally made with Crème Yvette, a violet liqueur that disappeared from the market for decades. Crème de violette works as a stand-in today, and the egg white makes it soft and silky.

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How are you making it? ⓘ Batching includes dilution water. Pre-batched cocktails need added water to replace the melt from stirring or shaking. We use Jeffrey Morgenthaler's standard: 18% for spirit-forward drinks, 25% for shaken.

What you'll need to buy

Based on 750ml bottles (25.4 oz), rounded up.

Bottle math, generally

750ml bottle25.4 oz
2 oz pours per bottle12 cocktails
1.5 oz pours per bottle16 cocktails
1 oz =29.6 ml
This recipe per 750ml of spirit—

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