Lime, cream and egg white make the pie's filling, while Empirical Stonefruit and winter melon tea syrup bring the pastry, with a nutty, baked depth. Dry shake, again with ice and top with soda for a tall, silky foam. Lance Wong's version of the Double Chicken Please original.
Ingredients
1 oz gin
½ oz Empirical Stonefruit
½ oz winter melon tea syrup
¾ oz cream
¾ oz egg white
¼ oz rich syrup (2:1)
¾ oz lime juice
soda water, to top
Garnish: a spritz of lime bitters
30 ml gin
15 ml Empirical Stonefruit
15 ml winter melon tea syrup
20 ml cream
20 ml egg white
10 ml rich syrup (2:1)
25 ml lime juice
soda water, to top
Garnish: a spritz of lime bitters
Method
Winter melon tea syrup: mix 1 to 2 parts winter melon tea (dong gua cha) into 1 part water, to taste.
Dry shake everything but the soda (a milk frother works), then shake again with ice.
