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Amaretto Sour

Liqueur based, dry shaken, served in a rocks glass.

The modern spec from Jeffrey Morgenthaler, who rescued it with a shot of strong bourbon.

Ingredients

Amaretto45 ml (1½ oz)
Bourbon22.5 ml (¾ oz)
Lemon juice30 ml (1 oz)
Simple syrup5 ml (¼ oz)
Egg white15 ml (½ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Shake everything without ice for 10 seconds to whip the egg white.
  2. Add ice and shake hard again.
  3. Double strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with lemon peel and a cherry.
Glass
Rocks glass
Ice
Cubed
Garnish
Lemon peel and a cherry
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