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White Lady

By OcadoLife
The White Lady cocktail is an elegant classic. Legend has it this citrussy twist on the gin sour was created at the American Bar in The Savoy and named after F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife. Try this stylish version by Oren…
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Ingredients

5 total
  • 1 lemon
  • 50 g of caster sugar
  • 50 ml of no.3 london dry gin
  • 15 ml of cointreau
  • 1 egg white, or 15ml chickpea water drained from the tin or Oggs Aquafaba, if vegan

Method

5 steps

  1. Step 1

    Chill a coupe or martini glass in the fridge or freezer. Peel one long strip of zest from the lemon; juice the lemon and set aside.

  2. Step 2

    Stir the sugar with 25ml hot water until dissolved, to make a syrup. Set aside.

  3. Step 3

    Put 35ml lemon juice, the sugar syrup, gin, Cointreau and egg white or vegan alternative into a cocktail shaker. Shake for 15 secs. Add ice cubes and shake hard for 20-30 secs. Strain into the chilled glass.

  4. Step 4

    Fold the lemon zest skin-side over the glass to express the oil; then twist and place over the rim.

  5. Step 5

    1 egg white or 15ml chickpea water drained from the tin or Oggs Aquafaba, if vegan ice cubes