Amaretto Sour
A classic co-ed cocktail, updated for a more modern palate.
Data
- Served in old fashioned
- 18% ABV
- Garnish with Lemon peel
Source
Jeffrey Morgenthaler
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Ingredients
| Amaretto | 4.5cl 1.5oz | |
| Lemon juice | 3.0cl 1.0oz | |
| Bourbon | Cask-proof, if you have it x 2.25cl 0.75oz | |
| Egg | Egg white x 1.5cl 0.5oz | |
| Simple syrup | One teaspoon | |
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Directions
- Beat the egg white.
- Dry shake ingredients to combine.
- Shake well with ice.
- Strain over fresh ice in an old fashioned glass.
- Garnish with lemon peel and/or cherries, if desired.
Information
This fantastic liquid candy of a sour comes to us from the inimitable Jeffrey Morganthaler, who boasts that his recipe is the definitive version of the drink. His argument:
There are two things that impede all other Amaretto Sours from challenging mine. First off, the obvious: they’re too sweet. One does not simply use an everyday sour recipe to make a world-class Amaretto Sour, it must be adjusted for this particular liqueur.
Second, and this is a big one: amaretto isn’t strong enough on its own to stand up to a bunch of other ingredients. It’s weak. It needs help. And for this, I enlist the assistance of an old friend. ... And that, my friends, is bourbon.
It's a seriously delicious beverage: more cloying than a traditional whiskey sour, but the almond flavor works really well and is balanced out by the strength of the bourbon (cask-proof bourbon is helpful here to add a little more bite.)