The Clover Club

Written By Christopher Simmons
 

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces gin

  • 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • ¾ ounce raspberry syrup*

  • 1 egg white

  • Garnish: 3 raspberries

 

Directions

  1. Add the gin, lemon juice, raspberry syrup, and egg white into a shaker with ice and shake vigorously until chilled.

  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

  3. Garnish with 3 speared raspberries.

To Make The Raspberry Syrup

Add 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water to a pot. Stir over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Reduce heat to low, add ½ cup fresh raspberries, then macerate into a pulp. Fine-strain to remove the seeds. Refrigerate in a jar until ready for use.

 
 
Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons is a Canadian-born, San Francisco–based designer, writer, design advocate and educator. He also loves hamburgers. As principal and creative director of MINE™, Simmons designs and directs brand and communication design projects for clients ranging from Facebook, Microsoft, and Simon & Schuster, to the Nature Conservancy, SFMOMA and Obama for America. His work has been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums, including the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, the Pasadena Museum of California Art and the Museum of Craft and Design; it is also included in the permanent design archives of the Denver Art Museum. In addition to writing for design publications and blogs (including two of his own), Simmons is the author of four books—the most recent of which, Just Design, focuses on design for social change. Simmons served as president of the San Francisco chapter of AIGA from 2004–2006 and founded San Francisco Design Week, prompting then-mayor Gavin Newsom to issue an official proclamation declaring San Francisco a city where “Design Makes a Difference.” Simmons was recently named one of the “50 Most influential designers working today.”
http://www.christophersimmons.is