Pink Pearl

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (7 ratings)

Glass:

Serve in a Sour or Martini/Coupette glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
34 oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
13 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
13 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
12 oz Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
× 1 1 serving
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Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a SOUR OR MARTINI/COUPETTE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  2. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

  • Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 7/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

Yes, it's pink. It's also a sour that heroes calvados.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar.

PINK PEARL (6 People)
1½ Glasses Grapefruit Juice
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
½ Glass Grenadine
2 Glass Calvados
White of an Egg

R. de Fleury, 1700 Cocktails for the Man Behind the Bar, 1934

Nutrition:

One serving of Pink Pearl contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 0.9 standard drinks
  • 12.91% alc./vol. (25.82° proof)
  • 13.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
14th January at 10:51
A lovely, delicate sour. So, just perfect with a light Eggs Benedict brunch. The apple and pomegranate bounce together very elegantly.
Simon Sedgley’s Avatar Simon Sedgley
18th January at 13:50
For some reason, for us, the apple of the Calvados really shines beautifully in this cocktail in a way that it doesn't in many other cocktails that deploy that brandy as its base. Mysterious chemistry at work, we think.