Garnish:
Dust with freshly grated nutmeg
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 1/2 fl oz | Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe |
| 3/4 fl oz | Single cream / half-and-half |
| 1/6 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 1/4 fl oz | Pasteurised egg white or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer |
Hazardous ingredients
Pasteurised egg white is potentially hazardous to those with allergy or intolerance.
Review:
A green minty thing for dairy lovers.
History:
The gin-based and crème de menthe-influenced Alexander's Sister appears in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book beneath the original gin-based Alexander Cocktail No. 1 and the brandy-based Alexander Cocktail No. 2.
ALEXANDER COCKTAIL. (No. 1.)
Harry Craddock, 1930
½ Dry Gin.
¼ Crème de Cacao.
¼ Sweet Cream.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
ALEXANDER COCKTAIL. (No. 2.)
⅓ Crème de Cacao.
⅓ Brandy. ⅓ Fresh Cream.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
ALEXANDER's SISTER COCKTAIL.
⅓ Gin. ⅓ Fresh Cream.
⅓ Crème de Menthe.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Ladies are advised to avoid this Cocktail as often as possible.
Nutrition:
203 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 18.41% alc./vol. (36.82° proof)
- 17.5 grams of pure alcohol
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