This pretty cherry blossom cocktail is made with Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur and Gin Lane Victoria Pink Gin 1751. Lightly sweet, citrusy and with a hint of cherry, it’s a perfect cocktail for Easter, Mother’s Day, a feminine bridal shower or celebration of cherry blossom season!
Maraschino Liqueur is a delightful, sweet cherry-flavored liqueur that’s clear, not red, and made from Marasca cherries. It doesn’t have that synthetic “cherry” flavor like cough syrup. It has a sweet, almond, cherry essence that’s wonderful for adding a little subtle excitement to sweeter cocktails.
Although Luxardo Maraschino liqueur is made from Marasca cherries, it actually tastes quite different from “cherry liqueur” or cherry brandy. Cherry brandy, Heering, has more of a cherry jam or candy flavor and is red in color. The biggest difference is the subtly.
Maraschino liqueur tastes a bit more refined and subtile, making it perfect for a cocktail that you’d like to sweeten with just a little bit of cherry essence.
This feminine cocktail is also made with a lovely pink gin. Gin Lane 1750 adds whimsy to any gin cocktail, and doesn’t taste much different than standard gin. It’s gently spiced with a bitters that gives it that lovely pink color.
I usually like to use pink gin in French Gimlets to make them extra feminine, or simply drink it straight with a twist of lemon as a martini.
To Make the Pretty Cocktail Garnish:
Use a Luxardo maraschino cherry (because they’re simply the most delicious maraschino cherries of all) and use a cocktail pin to poke a hole through the center. Remove the pin, and place the stems of a few cherry blossoms in the hole.
Simply re-pierce the cherry between the flowers and voila! A perfectly precious cherry blossom cocktail garnish!
Help yourself to more pretty pink inspiration!
- Pink Deviled Eggs
- 20 Lovely Bridal Shower Recipes
- Mini Croque Monsieur
- White Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse with Raspberry Compote
- 15 Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes
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The Pink Cherry Blossom Maraschino Liqueur Cocktail
Equipment
- cocktail shaker
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Gin Lane 1751
- 1 oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
- ½ oz. fresh lime juice
- rose water – just a spritz
- 1 Luxardo Maraschino cherry – for garnish
Instructions
- Into a cocktail shaker, pour 2 oz. Gin Lane 1751, 1 oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur and ½ oz. fresh lime juice. Add ice and shake vigorously. Pour into frosted glass. Garnish with a Luxardo maraschino cherry and serve.
Adrian
Too sweet but I’m willing to try it again with less luxardo.
Vyrna
Is the Rose Water Essential in this cocktail? Or is it mainly for the scent? Looks divine.
Genevieve Morrison
I wouldn’t say it’s “essential.” It just gives that lovely breeze of a floral garden scent every time you take a sip, so I would say it adds an extra delightfulness to the cocktail. But it’s not a main ingredient. No worries if you don’t have it. The cocktail, itself, will taste just as nice.
John B
Fabulous! Maybe it is not well know due to the Rose influence which may be seen as “girly” drink, but with the gin and liqueur influence it is far from “girly”! Try with 1664 rose beer as an alternative!
Kathleen Towle
Hi! Where does the rose water fit in? The cocktail sounds lovely.
Genevieve Morrison
If you spritz the glass with rose water after mixing the other ingredients, the cocktail smells like a faint garden, but doesn’t have a rose flavor. I’ve also seen some bar tenders that will spray a patron’s wrist with rose water, so that they’ll have that beautiful smell every time they take a sip.;)
Alicia
Perfection in a coupe glass 😘
Dmax
Shaking vs stirring is about how cold you want your drink and how much you’re willing to dilute the alcohol to make that happen. The more 32deg water that comes off the ice, the colder and weaker the drink will be. Either method will get it cold, shaking gets it there much faster.
Nicola Amaglio
Im confused. I was under impression you never shake gin……
Genevieve Morrison
You can certainly shake gin. It’s how James Bond liked his gin martinis. “Shaken, not stirred.”