Alexander's Big Brother

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Serve in

a Martini glass...
1½ fl oz Rutte Dry Gin
¼ fl oz Triple sec liqueur
¾ fl oz Lejay Curacao Bleu
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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