Recipes for Mixed Drinks by Hugo R. Ensslin (1917, p.22) — Ensslin 1917
| 2 dashes | Lemon juice (fresh) — Lemon Juice | acid |
| 1 jigger | sloe gin — Sloe Gin | base |
| 1 white | egg white — White of 1 Egg | other |
| 2 dashes | Raspberry syrup — Raspberry Syrup | sweetener |
- Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice.
- Strain and serve.
Ice: Cracked ice
This matters because it shows the pink egg-white cocktail line widening beyond gin-and-grenadine forms into sloe-gin territory.
The drink depends on egg-white texture and small-dose citrus rather than broad juice lengthening.