‘Lavender Lady’ gin cocktail

Here’s step-by-step instructions to creating the ‘Lavender Lady’ cocktail…

The egg white creates a silky mixture, which perfectly accompanies the honey and Cointreau. Top the cocktail with a sprig of lavender, and sit back in the garden and relax.

Makes: one cocktail

Ingredients

• 50ml Hayman’s London Dry Gin
• 20ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 10ml of locally sourced honey or 20ml of honey water
• 10ml Cointreau
• 1 medium egg white
• Dash of orange bitters
• Sprig of lavender to garnish

Honey water

• Combine equal parts of honey and hot water
• Stir until mixed

Method

1. Add cubed ice to a cocktail shaker

2. Pour the gin over the ice

3. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the garnish

4. Give all the ingredients a very hard shake and strain into cocktail glass

5. Garnish with a sprig of lavender

World Gin Day is 10 June. Recipe courtesy of Haymans.