CLOVER CLUB

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Raspberries (muddled)
25ml Sugar syrup
50ml Gin
15ml Dry vermouth (Noilly Prat / Martini Extra Dry)
15ml Lemon juice
25ml Egg white

Garnish: Raspberries, mint leaves and gold or silver lustre
Glass: Nick & Nora or similar 

HOW TO MAKE THE CLOVER CLUB

This is the beautiful Clover Club, raspberry, gin, lemon, sugar and a little nuttiness from the vermouth. It’s a real classic, so let’s get started! 

In your shaker, you need to put about eight or so raspberries. Then we’re going to go straight in with 25ml of sugar syrup. Now here’s the trick, you muddle - get your muddling stick and pound those raspberries, get all the juice out of them, make sure they’re all crushed up and completely liquid. That’s going to add some fantastic flavour and a beautiful delicate colour.

Now I said it was a gin-based cocktail, so we’re going to go in with 50ml of your favorite gin, nice and large, straight in there. Then we’re going to go for 25ml of egg white, and a squeeze of lemon, probably about 15ml of lemon. And finally, Noilly Prat or any vermouth that you like - 15ml straight in. And just back to the egg white, the reason we’ve got egg white in there is because it’s going to really effervesce and froth up and give it a beautiful velvety texture in your mouth.

Top the shaker up with ice, then close it up, tip it into the small side and then into the large, and into 20 shakes. Bingo! Here comes the pour, which will look absolutely beautiful - and you’ll recognise why I say this is fantastic when you see the colour, the most amazing soft, gentle pink colour.

We’re going to garnish this with a few little raspberries on top. And just because they’re beautiful, add a few tiny viola flowers - two is enough. Then we’re going to sprinkle on a few little freeze-dried raspberries, and for a final flourish - just because it’s absolutely gorgeous, a little bit of silver pixie dust. 

And that ladies and gentlemen, is your absolutely divine Clover Club. Enjoy!