Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 oz. Empress 1908 Gin
- 1 oz Limoncello
- 1 oz lavender simple syrup (by pre-made Lavender Simple Syrup or use see recipe below)
- 1 1/2 oz lemonade
- splash of tonic water
- lemon (for garnish)
- dried lavender flowers (for garnish)
- purple sugar for rim (optional)
Instructions
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the gin, limoncello, simple syrup and lemonade and shake for 30 seconds.
- Rim 8 oz. glass with Purple Sugar. You can buy this Triple Berry Sugar Rimmer, or make your own by adding 2 drops of purple food gel to 1/2 cup sugar and mix for 2 minutes until combined.
- Fill an 8 0z. glass with ice. Pour cocktail over ice and top with tonic.
- Stir and garnish with a lemon wedge dipped in organic lavender flowers, or other edible flowers of your choice
How to make Lavender Simple Syrup:
- Mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a sauce pan along over medium heat for 3-4 minutes (until sugar has dissolved and liquid has reduced by 1/4).
- Remove from heat and drop 1 tbsp organic lavender flowers into the mixture.
- Allow mixture to cool in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- You can either strain the flowers from the mixture or they can be incorporated into the drink.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: n/a
- Category: drinks and cocktails
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6 0z
- Calories: 338
- Sugar: 42.6 g
- Sodium: 5.8 mg
- Fat: 0.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 45.6 g
- Protein: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg