This sidecar recipe is cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon, shaken and served with a sugar rim. It is not a whiskey sour or a margarita.
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Sidecar
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 drink 1x
Description
Sidecar. From Your Daily Hit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ounces (60ml) cognac
- 1 ounce (30ml) orange liqueur
- 3/4 ounce (22ml) lemon juice
- sugar, for the rim
- lemon wedge
Instructions
- Rub the rim of a coupe with lemon and dip it in sugar.
- Shake cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon with ice.
- Strain into the coupe.
Notes
Equal-looking bottles are not the balance. Cognac leads. Lemon keeps it from being a candy.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: No-cook
- Cuisine: American
Cognac
Brandy works if cognac is not on the shelf.
Liqueur
Cointreau or a dry triple sec. A very sweet one needs more lemon.
Rim
Sugar is traditional. Skip it if the liqueur is already sweet.
Shake
Hard, until the tin is cold.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Bourbon?
That is a different sour.
No sugar rim
The drink still works.
Glass
A coupe.
Batch
Shake to order. Lemon dulls if it sits.
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