Alexander's Big Brother

Serve in a Martini glass...
1½	fl oz	Rutte Dry Gin
¼	fl oz	Triple sec liqueur
¾	fl oz	Lejay Curacao Bleu (blue curacao) Liqueur
¾	fl oz	Single cream / half-and-half
⅛	fl oz	Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
¼	fl oz	Pasteurised egg white (optional)

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Physalis (cape gooseberry) on rim

Comment:

Orangey in taste and creamy blue in colour - mildly better than creamy pink for the macho out there.

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