Marmalade Cognac Sour
Here’s a cozy cocktail to use those homemade bitters you spent so much time on! Cognac provides a rich, rounded base, letting the fruit and spices shine though.
Ingredients
- 3 ounces cognac
- 2 ounces lemon juice
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- Dash of Maraschino liqueur
- 2 teaspoons citrus marmalade*
- 4 dashes of homemade Spiced Pear Bitters
- 2 egg whites
- Pinch of kosher salt
Instructions
- Remove the whisk from a Hawthorne strainer and add to a mixing pint or shaker. Combine all the ingredients in the mixing pint and shake to emulsify them into a fluffy, cloud-like mixture, about 15 seconds.
- Once satisfied with the emulsified texture of the shaker contents, add ice above the liquid level line, and shake again until the cocktail is thoroughly chilled.
- Double strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a neatly trimmed orange twist.
- *Bonne Maman was used for this recipe, but use a marmalade you like. To double down on the pear note in the bitters, a pear or apple butter would also work.
Notes
Image by Lindsay Kucera