Brazilian Rum with Lemon Juice

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons egg whites
• 2 tablespoons sugar, superfine
• 2 ounces Brazilian rum
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• 4 ice cubes
• 1 lemon slice

Directions

1. Combine egg whites and sugar in a mixing glass.
2. Stir with a bar spoon to dissolve sugar.
3. Add Brazilian rum, lemon juice and ice cubes.
4. Place a bar shaker on top of mixing glass and, grasping glass and shaker firmly together with both hands, shake vigorously 9 or 10 times.
5. Remove shaker, place a strainer on top of glass and pour into a chilled old fashioned glass.
6. With a sharp knife, slit lemon slice from peel just to center and use the slit to hold the slice on the rim of the glass.