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Stars Sour

Name: Stars Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Greek spirit; 20 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Metaxa 12 Stars
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Ginza Old Fashioned 10.5oz

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Stars Sour contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
15.46% alc./vol. (30.93° proof)
15.8 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

Review

A sour with pleasing floral and fruity notes.

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Mike Gibb Premium Member 1y

Greek? Egg? Lemon? Avgolemono (Greek: αυγολέμονο or αβγολέμονο literally egg–lemon) was just sitting there ... "The whites may be beaten into a foam separately before mixing with the yolks and lemon juice, or whole eggs may be beaten with the lemon juice"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avgolemono