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Savannah

Classic/vintage

3.7 22 ratings

Ingredients

2 oz Gin
1 oz Orange juice
1/2 oz White crème de cacao
1/2 oz Egg white (pasteurised)

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

17.4% alc./vol. · 1.6 standard drinks · 196 calories

History

Gin and orange with a subtle chocolate note, smoothed by egg white.

This pre-Prohibition cocktail is initially documented in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 publication, Old Waldorf Bar Days. The recipe found there is: SAVANNAH (claret) Juice one-half Orange Drink of Gin White of one Egg Dash of Crème de Cacao Frappé The recipe presented here is an adaptation from the 1949 edition of Esquire's Handbook for Hosts. That recipe is: SAVANNAH Juice of one-half orange 1 jigger Gin White of egg Dash Crème de Cacao