What else would I make on Thanksgiving? This was an ideal pre-dinner aperitivo for our quarantine Thanksgiving feast for four. Who wouldn’t enjoy a French 75 built with cranberry syrup? Follow the berry syrup recipe on simmering until berries break open.
As the stress of the COVID-19 lockdown took hold, I decided to buy the ingredients for an Aviation, a drink I’d had at Momofuku in NY many years prior. Not expecting to be in NYC anytime soon, I took stock of our meager bottle collection. I had the gin (3 bottles of Hendrick’s for some reason), but had to track down bottles of Creme de Violette and Maraschino liqueur. And so down the rabbit hole I went.
Another play on the classic Last Word recipe, this version swaps in Gran Classico for Luxardo Maraschino. Invented in the 2010s by Dan Chadwick and posted to the active online cocktail community, Kindredcocktails.com. Gran Classico is a fortified wine, something like Lillet Blanc.
