Valentine's Love Potion
By Cindi Sutter — Excerpted from The Unofficial Hogwarts Cocktail Book by Bertha Barmann. Copyright © 2022 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Ulysses Press/Thor’s Eye Photography
Excerpted from The Unofficial Hogwarts Cocktail Book by Bertha Barmann. Copyright © 2022 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Ulysses Press/Thor’s Eye Photography
VALENTINE’S LOVE POTION
Inspired by the mother-of-pearl sheen on the wizarding world’s most potent love potion, this recipe takes the classic White Lady cocktail and makes it all the more bewitching with a sprinkle of luster dust.
YIELD: 1 SERVING
Ingredients
2 ounces gin
1/2 ounce orange liqueur or triple sec
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 egg white
pinch of edible pearl white luster dust (optional)
sliced lemon, for garnish
Instructions
To a cocktail shaker add the gin, orange liqueur,lemon juice, egg white, and luster dust (if using)
and dry shake.
Add ice and shake until chilled.
Strain into a chilled cocktail or coupe glass. Add lemon for garnish.
Tip: "Dry shake" is a bartending term meaning to shake a cocktail without ice.