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Pisco Sour Cocktail

Spicy and earthy, and slightly sweet, with undertones of honey and sugar.

INGREDIENTS:

• 60ml (2 oz) pisco brandy
• 30ml (1 oz) fresh lemon juice
• Sugar syrup
• Half the white of one egg
• Few drops of Angostura bitters (optional)

EQUIPMENT:

• Shaker
• Strainer
• Chilled Martini glass

MIXING METHOD:

Fill your shaker with ice and add all the ingredients, except the bitters (if you are using them) Shake really well to ensure that the egg white is fully blended in. Strain into the glass. For added complexity, sprinkle a few drops of Angostura bitters on the top.

Add comment June 22nd, 2007

Honeymoon Cocktail

This is an unforgettable cocktail! For the best results use Cointreau and VSOP Calvados (apple brandy). A chilled glass keeps the flavours fresh. It is light amber in colour.

INGREDIENTS:

• 20ml (2/3 oz) apple brandy
• 20ml (2/3 oz) Benedictine
• 1 tsp triple sec (ideally Cointreau)
• Juice of 1/2 lemon, plus extra lemon for zest

EQUIPMENT:

• Shaker
• Strainer
• Chilled Martini glass

MIXING METHOD:

Pour all the ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into the glass. Peel a zest of lemon, and squeeze it into the cocktail to release its oils, then drop the zest into the glass.

Add comment December 3rd, 2006

Side Car Cocktail

Bartender Harry MacElhone created this dry, complex cocktail in the 1920s at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris. The name recalls a certain customer who arrived at the bar in a motorcycle side car. For the best results use Cointreau rather than generic triple sec, and dry Cognac. It is crucial that cocktail is ice cold.

INGREDIENTS:

• 30ml (1 oz) brandy
• 15ml (1/2 oz) triple sec
• Freshly squeezed juice from one quarter of a lemon

EQUIPMENT:

• Shaker
• Strainer
• Chilled Martini glass

MIXING METHOD:

Fill the shaker with ice and add the ingredients. Shake well and strain into the glass.

Add comment December 3rd, 2006