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Cocktail Friday: Sloe Gin Pink Lady

January 22, 2016 by Lucy Parissi 11 Comments

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Sloe Gin Pink Lady – a gorgeous gin-based cocktail, perfect for sipping on Valentine’s Day. I usually double the quantities to serve two.
A gorgeous gin based cocktail – perfect for sipping on Valentine's Day. I usually double the quantities to serve two.

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.

Elephant Sloe gin is also lovely for mixing in cocktails – try it in a sloe gin and tonic with a dash of orange bitters or make a sloe gin Pink Lady cocktail. Pink Lady is another Prohibition favourite championed by Zelda Fitzgerald herself. Normally it is made with apple brandy, but I think the sloe gin version is pretty delicious too. It would also make a lovely Valentine’s Day drink…

A gorgeous gin based cocktail – perfect for sipping on Valentine's Day. I usually double the quantities to serve two.

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.

A gorgeous gin based cocktail – perfect for sipping on Valentine's Day. I usually double the quantities to serve two.
My thanks to 31.Dover.com for providing the ingredients to make this cocktail.

Cocktail Friday: Sloe Gin Pink Lady

Lucy Parissi | Supergolden Bakes
A gorgeous gin based cocktail – perfect for sipping on Valentine's Day! I usually double the quantities to serve two.
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Course: Cocktail
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1

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.
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A gorgeous gin based cocktail – perfect for sipping on Valentine's Day.

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Comments

  1. Kevin says

    April 20, 2016 at 6:44 am

    look great, pefect for the
    dating lady situation!

    Reply
  2. Lucy Parissi says

    January 26, 2016 at 9:31 am

    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.

    Reply
  3. Angela Field says

    January 26, 2016 at 9:29 am

    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 🙂

    Reply
  4. Hannah Hossack-Lodge says

    January 23, 2016 at 6:40 pm

    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

    Reply
    • Lucy Parissi says

      January 26, 2016 at 9:33 am

      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!

      Reply
  5. Julia@Vikalinka says

    January 23, 2016 at 1:02 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Lucy Parissi says

      January 26, 2016 at 9:31 am

      We MUST put a cocktail date in the diary. Party at my house! Seriously – the egg white is pure protein, very dietary 😉

      Reply
  6. Keep Calm and Fanny On says

    January 23, 2016 at 12:05 pm

    Perfect!

    Reply
  7. Munchies and Munchkins says

    January 23, 2016 at 11:56 am

    I tried sloe gin for the first time a few weeks ago and oh my word its awesome. This cocktail looks incredible!

    Reply
  8. Louise | Cygnet Kitchen says

    January 22, 2016 at 7:12 pm

    I knew I shouldn't have looked, Lucy! Dry January is dry in every sense and seems endless. This is beyond temptation… <3 x

    Reply
  9. Kavey says

    January 22, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    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!)

    Reply

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