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White Lady

Tanqueray is shaken with Lemon and Triple Sec in this tart classic.

White Lady Cocktail
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Serves:

1

Ingredients

37.5ml Tanqueray Gin

12.5ml Triple Sec

25ml Lemon Juice

12.5ml Sugar Syrup

25ml Pasteurised Egg White

1 Lemon Twist (Garnish)

Equipment

1 Martini Glass

1 Ice Scoop

1 Jigger

1 Cocktail Shaker

1 Hawthorne Strainer

1 Fine Strainer

1 Tongs

method

  1. Vigorously shake all ingredients with Ice.

  2. Fine strain into a Martini Glass.

  3. Garnish with a Lemon Twist.

Alcohol content

14.3 g per serve

Interesting Facts

The White Lady was one of Winston Churchill's favourite cocktails. It's said that Harry Craddock named the cocktail after a woman he knew who always wore white.

History of the Drink

The White Lady is a classic cocktail that dates to the early 1900s. It was originally created by Harry Craddock, a legendary bartender at The American Bar at The Savoy Hotel in London. The White Lady is a variation of the classic Sidecar and is made with gin, Cointreau and lemon juice.

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