Bird of Paradise Gin Fizz
Ingredients
- 2 oz Hayman's Old Tom Gin
- 1 oz Lime juice
- 1⁄2 oz Raspberry (framboise) sugar syrup
- 3 drop Orange blossom water / Orange flower water
- 2⁄3 oz Egg white
- Top up with Thomas Henry Soda Water
Method
Glassware:
Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)
Method:
SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and slowly pour 2/3rds of the contents of the shaker from a higher than normal height into a chilled empty glass (no ice in glass) while simultaneously pouring soda with your other hand. The cocktail and soda should form a single stream of liquid falling into the glass.
As when pouring a Guinness, to achieve a perfect head on a fizz, the cocktail should be left to settle for at least a minute before topping off with what remains in the shaker. Ideally, during the settling period, the glass should be placed in a glass froster/fridge/freezer. As the final contents of the shaker are poured into the glass so the head should rise like a souffle.
Nutrition:
One serving of Bird of Paradise Gin Fizz contains 188 calories
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
History:
Adapted from a recipe in Charles H. Baker's 1939 The Gentleman's Companion, a book of travel memoirs and recipes.
Review:
A Gin Fizz with pleasing rich raspberry notes, discovered by Charles H. Baker at the Strangers Club in Panama.
