After THAT I need a drink!

Ever since the husband and I discovered Pisco Sours at Café Atlantico in DC many moons and fewer children ago I’ve been seriously addicted to cocktails with egg whites. And thanks to a vintage British TV series I think I’ve just found myself a new summer obsession: The White Lady.

Here’s the recipe, both in a modern iteration and in its original, 1910 forms (a traditionalist, in this as in other things, I am gravitating towards the latter):

White Lady recipe 2 oz gin  1 egg white 1 oz light cream 1 tsp superfine sugar In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass. 19% (38 proof) Serve in: Cocktail Glass

White Lady 1910 recipe 2 jiggers gin 1 jigger Cointreau  1 jigger lemon juice 1/2 egg white Shake vigourously with plenty of ice. 27% (54 proof) Serve in: Cocktail Glass

A French cocktail blogger is also smitten, and suggests the following, which I am tempted to quote in French, for that inimitable flair:

Ma petite touche personnelle: En refaisant les essais à la boutique pour la mise en avant, j’ai aussi essayé d’ajouter au cocktail deux gouttes d’Angostura Bitters Orange. Ce n’est pas forcément un ingrédient qu’on a chez soi, et il n’est pas indispensable, mais si vous l’avez, essayez. Le bitter apporte une pointe d’amertume et de caractère très appréciable!

Cocktail party sometime this summer anyone?