Apple Amaretto Sour Recipe
An amaretto sour given a backbone of apple brandy: marzipan and baked apple against plenty of lemon, under a silky egg-white foam.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Old fashioned glass
- ABV: 15%
- Difficulty: Medium
Ingredients
- Amaretto45 ml (1.5 oz)
- Calvados22 ml (0.7 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice30 ml (1 oz)
- Simple syrup7.5 ml (0.3 oz)
- Egg white1 piece
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake hard without ice to build the foam.
- Add ice and shake again until well chilled.
- Strain into an old fashioned glass over fresh ice.
- Express a lemon peel over the foam, discard it, and add a cocktail cherry.
Garnish
Lemon oils and a cocktail cherry
The Story
It follows the modern approach to the amaretto sour — fresh lemon, egg white and a measure of strong spirit to dry the liqueur out — with apple brandy in the supporting role.
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