White Lady
A sidecar in gin, with a silk collar of egg white.
Ingredients
- 50 ml Gin
- 20 ml Triple sec
- 20 ml Lemons
- 1 Egg white optional
Method
Dry shake, then shake again with ice. Double strain.
- Glass
- Coupe
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Lemon twist
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Takes
- About 5 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Style
- Sour
- Tastes
- citrus-forward and creamy
If you're missing something
- Triple sec → Cointreau or dry curaçao — the same category — Cointreau is the benchmark and worth the difference
- Egg white → aquafaba (chickpea water) — about 15ml foams comparably and keeps the drink vegan
Where it comes from
Harry MacElhone’s, though his first version used crème de menthe. He reworked it with gin in the 1920s, which is the drink that survived.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .