Lady in Whhhiiiiiiiite

If a drink requires a ton of extra mixers/liqueurs/garnishes I typically don't invest in them. I see so many really pretty drinks in the blogosphere, but I'm just not willing to buy three semi-obscure things to make a single drink. So before I get an ingredient I look up to see how many drinks I can make with it that look good to me. More than three? It's a go. I do have a quite full liquor cabinet already, so some of these might not be as convenient for you as for me. But feel free to make changes to suit you better, I do!

I made this drink with Hendrick's Gin and I chose to add the egg white. The dry shake is pretty crucial for really fluffing it up. If you've never had a drink with a raw egg white... it's different. It's dry, but not as much dry in flavor as actually physically drier. Haha I know that doesn't make much sense. I highly recommend you try it for yourself. It's especially good in a strongly flavored drink like this one because you can't taste it at all. In a more mild drink I feel like I can taste it and don't like it as much. It works really, really well here and is so fluffy and good.

Maybe this is obvious stuff to all of you, but I never really knew how to use one of these lemon squeezers right. It seems correct to have the flat side facing up, but lots and lots of people say it's the other way around. Personally I like to do both. First the way on the left, then I flip it and get the rest of the juice out- like on the right. 

No need to throw your egg yolk away if you have a cat or dog! Minnow loves a yolk so much, she comes running and meowing when I crack an egg!

Shaken and strained. So white and delicious.