The Clover Club

Philadelphia has its own drink! And Mr. Sayers made it for us the other night! It's a pre-prohibition sour drink (everything has a long genealogy in this city) that involves an egg white on top. I think there is (or was) an actually Clover Club in Philly after which it was named. Mrs. Sayers pointed out that because of the color, you feel like you're drinking grapefruit juice.

Here's a recipe:

1 1/2 oz. gin
3/4 oz. lemon juice
1/4 oz. grenadine or raspberry syrup
1 egg white

Shake ingredients with ice in a shaker (or in our case, in some tupperware) to emulsify.

Another recipe adds: "You may garnish it with a mint leaf, but be warned that that turns the Clover Club into a Clover Leaf."


(picture, recipe)