It is Friday, it is practically the end of the month (well a week off but near enough), it’s time to let our hair down and have a much needed cocktail. For despite being on a diet and eating very healthily of late, I haven’t given up on cocktails entirely. For one thing January is bleak and depressing and for another… I love cocktails too much. I know some of you have sworn off alcohol altogether to take part in Dry January, but others are enjoying #GINuary (check out the Twitter feed). I fall somewhere in the middle – enjoying the occasional drink but certainly cutting back on the imbibing.
And since I am drinking a lot less, I am making those rare occasions count! 31Dover.com very kindly sent me a bottle of Elephant Sloe Gin and it is delicious for sipping on its own – just the right side of sweet, tart, fruity and with decent alcohol content. It also comes in a beautiful custom made bottle with a handwritten label. If that isn’t incentive enough to get sipping, the company donates 15% of all proceeds from every bottle of sloe gin to Big Life Foundation and Space For Elephants which are committed to save the African elephant from extinction.
Cocktail Friday: Sloe Gin Pink Lady
Ingredients
- 1 measure 25ml sloe gin
- 1 measure 25ml gin
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 tbsp egg white
- 1 tsp grenadine
Instructions
- Put a martini glass in the freezer for 10 minutes to chill.
- Add all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with plenty of ice. Shake hard for 30 seconds and then strain into a large glass.
- Empty the shaker of ice and then shake the cocktail again to froth up the egg white.
- Pour into the chilled glass and garnish with some lemon zest or a twist if you like.
Andrea says
When I was a kid in the 70’s my mother enjoyed a cocktail made with Sloe Gin, simple syrup, lemon juice and half and half. I always thought it was called a Slow Gin Fizz or a Pink Lady??? Any idea where I could get a recipe or a name for this cocktail.
Lucy Parissi says
I am not sure but this one comes close (https://cocktailpartyapp.com/drinks/sloe-gin-fizz/)
Kevin says
look great, pefect for the
dating lady situation!
Lucy Parissi says
The Elephant sloe gin is a bit cloudy and that provides the colour – but the addition of egg whites makes it a bit more cloudy/frothy.
Angela Field says
I wondered how you got this amazing colour, so it's the addition of the egg whites? I love Sloe Gin and I'm always looking for new ways to drink it, rather than neat from the bottle 🙂
Hannah Hossack-Lodge says
I LOVE slow gin, I could drink a bottle of it by myself in one sitting (and have done…), far more sensible to use it in a cocktail though! x
Lucy Parissi says
It's really NOT more sensible. But it is a lot of fun. I love drinking it neat too – this one has incredible flavour and quite a bit of bite!
Julia@Vikalinka says
This cocktail is so beautiful I want to cry. I haven't had one in nearly a month!! I need to come over to your house and partake soon because no one makes them better than you and that is simple truth, my friend!
Lucy Parissi says
We MUST put a cocktail date in the diary. Party at my house! Seriously – the egg white is pure protein, very dietary 😉
Keep Calm and Fanny On says
Perfect!
Munchies and Munchkins says
I tried sloe gin for the first time a few weeks ago and oh my word its awesome. This cocktail looks incredible!
Louise | Cygnet Kitchen says
I knew I shouldn't have looked, Lucy! Dry January is dry in every sense and seems endless. This is beyond temptation… <3 x
Kavey says
I adore sloe gin, though I've not tried any commercially made ones, just various home made offerings. This cocktail sounds delicious and I love love love your styling and photography (as usual!)