Pink Lady Mocktail Recipe

MEDIUM | SWEET | WINTER  

One sip, and you’ll understand why this pretty cocktail is more serious than it appears.

 Like many cocktails of the prohibition era the origins of the Pink Lady are not clear. However the Pink Lady soon became a favourite of the high-society from the 1930s to the 1950s. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the famous author of "The Great Gatsby" loved the Pink Lady cocktail even including them in one of his books -  "Tender is the Night."

The cocktail's signature pink colour comes from the addition of grenadine, a syrup made from pomegranate juice and sugar.

The egg white in the Pink Lady cocktail adds a creamy mouthfeel to the drink and helps to mellow out the flavours of the lemon juice, creating a smooth and balanced cocktail. The cassia bark in Banks Herbarium works together with the honey syrup & apple juice, while the wattle seed and Tasmanian pepper berries add bite with the grenadine.

A sophisticated pink cocktail, with a rich, silky texture and great complexity

Ingredients

• 90ml Banks Botanicals
• 15ml Apple juice 
• 25ml Lemon juice 
• 10ml Honey Syrup 
• Grenadine 2 drops
• 1 Egg white
• Coupe Glass
• Garnish with Cherries 

Recipe

• Pour all ingredients into the shaker
• Shake 
• Open Shaker and add ice
• Shake again for approx. 1 minute to create the silky crema
• Double Strain into a coupe glass
• Garnish with cherries

Tip

To create a vegan non-alcoholic sour cocktail, simply swap out the use of an egg white for aquafaba, the gelatinous liquid found in the can of chickpeas. Use 20ml aquafaba instead of the egg white and shake.