Honeymoon Recipe
An apple brandy sour sweetened with orange liqueur and Bénédictine — baked apple up front, honeyed herbs on the finish.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Coupe glass
- ABV: 27%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Calvados60 ml (2 oz)
- Cointreau15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Bénédictine15 ml (0.5 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice15 ml (0.5 oz)
How to Make It
- Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Double-strain into a chilled Nick and Nora or coupe.
Garnish
None
The Story
It appears in Hugo Ensslin's Recipes for Mixed Drinks (1916) and later became associated with the Brown Derby restaurants in Los Angeles.
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