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Delicately sweet with whiskey-laced, zesty citrus, rich berry fruit and a hint of aniseed, is smoothed and rounded by egg white. Your choice of grenadine...
Sean Baron
14th May 2023 at 00:08
Your cocktail in the above picture is a golden yellow, whilst mine has come out pink. Any reasons?
14th May 2023 at 08:54
I suspect different raspberry syrups contributing more or less colour.
2nd March 2023 at 12:35
Checked my 1926 copy of "Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails" and the listing reads:-
1 white of a Fresh Egg, 2 dashes of Curaçao (orange), 1 teaspoonful of Grenadine, ⅔ Canadian Club whisky. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. (Recipe from Ritz Hotel, London.)
...no lemon juice, raspberry liqueur, nor Absinthe!
1 white of a Fresh Egg, 2 dashes of Curaçao (orange), 1 teaspoonful of Grenadine, ⅔ Canadian Club whisky. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. (Recipe from Ritz Hotel, London.)
...no lemon juice, raspberry liqueur, nor Absinthe!
2nd March 2023 at 19:08
Thanks, Mitchell. I've added the recipe from Harry's ABC above and also an earlier version from Jacques Straub’s 1914 Manual of Mixed Drinks.
19th January 2021 at 04:20
I find the proportions to be a little off, at least for modern tastes...I increased the proportion of everything relative to the egg white (so 2 oz of rye whiskey) and increased the ratio of whiskey:Pierre Ferrand Orange Curacao to 2.5:1, and cut the absinthe to 1-2 dashes...that seemed to balance it out more.