Champs-Elysees
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Brandy Crusta
🥃 Serve in: Coupe Glass
Cognac meets orange curacao and maraschino liqueur here, brightened with lemon juice and a couple dashes of bitters -- an 1850s New Orleans classic credited with inventing the modern sour format. Its signature move -- an entire spiral of lemon peel lining the inside of the glass -- was genuinely novel for its time and influenced cocktails for generations after. Balanced, citrus-forward, and a little showy, it rewards careful technique. A must-try for anyone interested in where the modern cocktail sour actually came from.
Ingredients
- Cognac1.75 oz
- Orange Curacao0.5 oz
- Maraschino Liqueur1/4 oz
- Simple Syrup0.25 oz
- Lemon Juice0.5 oz
- Bitters2 dash
- Saline Solution2 drop
Instructions
Rim a chilled flute with a ring of lemon peel and frost the edge with sugar. Shake the remaining ingredients with ice and fine strain into the prepared glass.
