White Spider

Name: White Spider
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 small egg white; 1 tbsp. fine sugar; 1 cup fresh lemon juice; 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. sour mix; 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. gin; 3 ⁄ 4 oz. Cointreau; 1 ⁄ 3 tsp. sugar

Serves
makes 1 cocktail

London-based fashion journalists used to order this old-style cocktail at the Blue Bar of New York's famed Algonquin Hotel.

Ingredients

For the Sour Mix (makes 1 cup)

1 small egg white
1 tbsp. fine sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice

For the Cocktail

1 ¹⁄₂ oz. sour mix
1 ¹⁄₂ oz. gin
³⁄₄ oz. Cointreau
¹⁄₃ tsp. sugar

Instructions

Step 1

Make the sour mix: Whisk together until sugar is dissolved and egg white is fully incorporated.

Step 2

Make the cocktail: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add sour mix, gin, Cointreau, and sugar. Shake vigorously, then pour into a chilled martini glass.