The elegant Violette Royale Cocktail – only two ingredients and oh so good!
Do you have wild violets in your yard? I do. They are everywhere. I pull them out in massive numbers and they seemingly pop back up over night. Luckily I love them. But really, if you show them any kind of love at all, they run rampant. I’m trying to keep them out of my herb bed, but they are winning. As I walked around admiring them, I remembered the Crème de Violette that I had in the liquor cabinet. Now would be a perfect time for a crème de violet cocktail. After googling here and there, I found the Violette Royale – a super easy cocktail!
I also thought, what if I made my own Crème de Violette? I have a yard full of violets. It’s perfect. Well again after much googling it turns out American violets are great for making the liqueur. You need the more aromatic French violets. So, not only can they tie scarves better than us, they grow better violets. Oh well. I’ll just enjoy looking at my violets and using them for garnishing all the Crème de Violette cocktails that I plan on making in the future.
You want to know who crazy easy this Crème de Violette cocktail is? You take some of Crème de Violette, pour it into your glass and then top with Prosecco. That’s it. It did call for a twist of lemon, but I just garnished with one of my useless, except to look at, violets. This cocktail was sweet and elegant. I loved it!!
Ingredients
- 3/4 ounce Crème de Violette
- about 5 ounces of Prosecco
- lemon twist for garnish
Instructions
- Pour Crème de Violette into a champagne flute and top with Prosecco. Garnish with lemon peel.
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Gorgeous drink, Pam. (The violets are pretty too!)
This is so pretty and looks sooo lish! Pinned it and can’t wait to get out to the liquor store and buy some of this! Thanks!
–G
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Darn it! There’s ANOTHER reason to move to Paris!! This cocktail is gorgeous. Been hearing a lot about créme de violette and wanting to try it. Plus I love anything with prosecco! Thanks for linking up at Saucy Saturdays, Pam!
I really hope I can find Creme de Violette, Pam. What a beautiful cocktail! Your photos are amazing too. Pinned. I do have wild violets in my garden but they took a while to grow here. I always like to leave them because I love the flowers and my late mom did too. In fact, I always think that when a new batch pops up maybe it’s her way of saying hello from heaven 🙂 Thank you so much for being a part of our Hearth and Soul Hop.
Guess what, I found some Creme de Violette a few weeks ago, Pam! I’m so glad you shared this recipe again because it has reminded me to give it a try! Thank you for your support of Hearth and Soul!
Wow I didn’t know there are wild violets! I would love to get some but will heed your advice on not letting them take control. I don’t drink so can’t comment on the liquor except to say it looks elegant. Thanks for sharing on Funtastic Friday!