Egg White cocktails
4 classic recipes from our canon that use egg white — Egg White sits in our dairy & egg shelf.
Whiskey Sour
Bourbon, lemon and a silky egg-white cap — tart, rounded and timeless.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml bourbon
- ◆25 ml lemon juice
- ◆20 ml simple syrup
- ◆1 egg white
Method
- 1Dry-shake everything without ice to build the foam.
- 2Add ice and shake again until cold.
- 3Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
PRO TIP
A few drops of bitters on the foam, dragged with a pick, makes it look the part.
Garnish — Angostura bitters
Pisco Sour
Pisco, lime and a silky egg-white cap finished with bitters — South America's signature sour.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml pisco
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆20 ml simple syrup
- ◆1 egg white
- ◆3 drops angostura bitters
Method
- 1Dry-shake pisco, lemon, syrup and egg white without ice.
- 2Add ice and shake again until cold.
- 3Strain into a chilled goblet and dot bitters over the foam.
PRO TIP
Drag a pick through the bitters dots for the classic feathered pattern.
Garnish — Angostura bitters
Clover Club
Gin, raspberry and lemon under a blush-pink foam — pretty, tart and far older than it looks.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml raspberry syrup
- ◆1 egg white
Method
- 1Dry-shake everything without ice to build the foam.
- 2Add ice and shake again until cold.
- 3Double-strain into a chilled coupe.
PRO TIP
Real raspberry syrup, not grenadine — this drink predates the pink-drink stigma.
Garnish — Fresh raspberries
Ramos Gin Fizz
Gin, citrus, cream and orange-flower whipped to a towering cloud — the famous two-minute shake.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml simple syrup
- ◆60 ml heavy cream
- ◆1 egg white
- ◆3 dashes orange flower water
- ◆2 drops vanilla extract
- ◆to top club soda
Method
- 1Shake everything except the soda with ice for a full two minutes.
- 2Double-strain, return to the shaker, and hard-shake again without ice.
- 3Strain into a highball and top slowly with soda to lift the foam.
PRO TIP
The long shake is the whole point — it builds the signature standing foam.
Garnish — None
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