Garnish:
None
How to make:
1/ Flash BLEND first 6 ingredients without ice (to emulsify mix). Then pour contents of blender into shaker and SHAKE with ice. Strain into chilled glass (no ice in glass) and TOP with soda from siphon.
Alternatively: 2/ SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and strain into chilled glass (no ice). TOP with soda water from siphon.
1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's Old Tom Gin |
1/4 fl oz | Crème de violette liqueur |
1 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
1 fl oz | Single cream / half-and-half |
1 fl oz | Egg white |
Top up with | Soda from siphon |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
Hazardous ingredients
Egg white is potentially hazardous to those with allergy or intolerance.
Review:
A delicate floral cocktail that is so creamy and smooth that it's almost fluffy.
History:
An adaptation of the Ramos Fizz. In his 1939 The Gentleman's Companion, Charles H. Baker Jr. credits this drinks creation to Ahmed Soliman a manufacturer and seller of Perfume Essences in the Khan el Kalili Bazaar, Cairo.
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