Opulent Apricot Dream

This delightful cocktail, known as the Opulent Apricot Dream, is a mesmerizing blend of apricot-infused gin, fresh lime juice, and subtle hints of kumquat. The cocktail is intriguingly opaque, slightly frothy, and boasts a captivating salmon hue. It's a harmonious balance of flavors that is sure to captivate your senses and elevate your mixology experience.

Opulent Apricot Dream

A mesmerizing blend of apricot-infused gin, fresh lime juice, and subtle hints of kumquat, creating an intriguingly opaque, slightly frothy, and captivating salmon-hued cocktail.

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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon hot water
  • 2 oz. Plymouth or Citadelle gin
  • 1 oz. fresh lime juice
  • 3/4 oz. Giffard Abricot du Roussillon liqueur
  • 1/2 oz. Blume Marillen apricot eau-de-vie
  • 3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
  • 1 kumquat (optional), halved

Instructions

  1. In a cocktail shaker, stir together sugar and hot water until the sugar is dissolved.
  2. Fill the shaker with ice and add the gin, fresh lime juice, apricot liqueur, apricot eau-de-vie, and Peychaud's bitters.
  3. Cover the shaker and shake vigorously for about 15 seconds until the mixture is chilled.
  4. Place the optional halved kumquat in a chilled coupe glass.
  5. Strain the cocktail into the glass.