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Marmalade Cognac Sour

Anna Wallace
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.
Course Drinks
Servings 2

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
Keyword cocktail