White Lady Soul

White Lady Soul is citrusy gin cocktail rounded out with a dose of pineapple. It is served like a quintessential sophisticated gin cocktail so it can easily slip into your recipe repertoire.

A good friend of Sue’s, Kim runs the theatrical production company, Origin Theatrical. We created this cocktail during the Covid 19 pandemic to sweeten one of the online watch parties Kim organised to keep them socially connected. White Lady Soul is designed to be sipped while watching Dusty, the Dusty Springfield Musical.

We based this recipe on the classic, White Lady drink. Firstly, to make it easier, simple sugar syrup and egg white are replaced by pineapple juice. As a result, you still get a frothy top, but it is slightly less thick than what egg white would achieve. Secondly, we looked at sweetness, which wasn’t straightforward since both triple sec and pineapple juice have this job. And finally, we adjusted the amount of acid via lemon juice.

The result was exactly what we love, a simple, never fail recipe.

 

Recipients: Guests that enjoy classic and citrus gin cocktails, like a gimlet or tom collins

 

Type: Shaken and strained

 

 

INGREDIENTS

30ml gin

30ml triple sec, or Cointreau*

20ml lemon juice

30ml pineapple juice

Ice

 

EQUIPMENT

Shaker

Cocktail martini glass or large coupe glass

 

METHOD

1. Get out your glass and shaker. Tumble a scoop of ice in your shaker.

2. In your shaker of ice pour 30ml of gin.

3. On top of the gin pour 30ml of triple sec or Cointreau*.

4. Then, 30ml of pineapple juice in the shaker.

5. Lastly, 20ml of lemon juice goes in the shaker.

6. Shake vigorously until the outside of your shaker is frosty.

7. Strain all the liquid into your glass. Shake hard to ensure you get all the froth out at the end.

 

 

NOTE

*One of our super tasters, Larissa, conducted a side by side test of White Lady Soul with both triple sec and Cointreau. Her verdict was that both were lovely and other than a negligible variance in colour and the Cointreau imparted a slightly more orange taste there was no noticeable difference.

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