Clementine & Blood Orange Gin Sour Cocktail
Sweet, tart, floral, and frothy, my Clementine & Blood Orange Gin Sour Cocktail is my newest happy hour obsession. Made with just 5 ingredients in about 5 minutes, this bright, beautiful, citrusy beverage is a taste of sunshine in a glass.
Servings: 1 Cocktail
Calories: 117kcal
Equipment
- Glasses for serving
Ingredients
- 1 oz Honey Syrup equal parts warm water and honey, shaken until mixture is homogenous
- 2 oz Empress 1908 Gin or the gin of your preference
- 1 oz Blood Orange Juice
- 1 oz Clementine juice
- 1 Egg White
- Ice
- Blood Orange Slice for garnish
Instructions
- Add all the above ingredients without ice and garnish into a shaker and shake for 30 seconds until chilled and frothy. Add ice and shake for an additional thirty seconds.1 oz Honey Syrup, 2 oz Empress 1908 Gin, 1 oz Blood Orange Juice, 1 oz Clementine juice, 1 Egg White, Ice
- Strain into your serving glass and top with a thin blood orange slice that sits on top of the frothy top with a cocktail stick. Then enjoy - cheers my friends!Blood Orange Slice for garnish
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Notes
Expert Tips
- Don’t skip the dry shaking. Dry shaking cocktails (meaning before you add the ice) with egg whites allows for a more prominent and frothy foam. The process of shaking without the ice gives the cocktail a better chance to emulsify, leaving you with a silkier, more luxurious head.
- Shake vigorously, especially when you add the ice! Shaking cocktails with ice not only acts to mix the ingredients together, but also simultaneously chills and aerates them. Think of it like this - shaking a cocktail is akin to creaming butter and sugar; don’t rush the process and you’ll end up with a better, tastier, more luxurious result.
- Go for gold with your garnish! A surefire way to make your homemade gin sours feel as fancy as you’d find during a night on the town is to add a garnish. This Clementine and Blood Orange cocktail is just begging for a dried slice of citrus.
Nutrition
Calories: 117kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg
