Sidecar

Name: Sidecar
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Drinks Bar
Ingredients: 50 ml cognac or good brandy; 20 ml Cointreau or triple sec; 20 ml fresh lemon juice, plus a wedge; 1 tsp caster sugar, for the rim (optional); Ice

Cognac, orange liqueur and lemon shaken bright and served in a sugar-rimmed coupe. Jazz-age Paris in a glass.

Drinks Bar · Cocktails · prep 5 min · cook 0 min · serves 1 · Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Nut-free, Pescatarian

Contains alcohol. For adults of legal drinking age; please drink responsibly.

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Ingredients

50 ml cognac or good brandy
20 ml Cointreau or triple sec
20 ml fresh lemon juice, plus a wedge
1 tsp caster sugar, for the rim (optional)
Ice

Method

If you like a sugared rim, rub a lemon wedge around half the rim of a coupe and dip it in the sugar. Chill the glass.
Pour the cognac, orange liqueur and lemon juice into a shaker and fill it with ice.
Shake hard for about 15 seconds, until very cold.
Double-strain into the glass and serve straight away.

Tips

Taste and tweak: very sharp lemons may need 5 ml simple syrup in the shaker.
A sidecar is short and strong, close to a double brandy: one makes a fine after-dinner drink.

Sources

Written in our own words after cross-checking these recipes:

IBA (International Bartenders Association) PUNCH BBC Good Food

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