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Two tall cocktail flutes with a High Desert Spritz inside with a purple color and a bowl of pretzel sticks beside the cocktails.

High Desert Spritz With Gin & Prosecco


  • Author: Ciana Girón

Description

Create the skies of New Mexico in a glass with a gin and Prosecco base.


Ingredients

Scale

For the syrup:

  • 3/4 oz crème de violette
  • 1/2 oz agave

For the cocktail:

  • 1 1/2 oz gin, such as Algodones Southwestern Dry
  • 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 oz grapefruit juice
  • 1 oz aquafaba (egg white alternative)
  • 1/2 tsp butterfly pea powder, optional
  • Prosecco
  • Lemon peel, for garnish


Instructions

For the syrup: 

  1. Mix the crème de violette and the agave together well.

For the cocktail:

  1. Start with a flute, pour the syrup mixture on the bottom.
  2. Dry, then wet shake the gin, lemon, and grapefruit, aquafaba, and butterfly pea powder (if using).
  3. Strain down a cocktail spoon for layers, top with prosecco, and garnish with a lemon peel.

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