Sidecar

PH factor: 8.0

Recipe

Ingredients:     

Cocktail

o 1 ½ ounces Hennessy VS cognac

o ¾ ounce Cointreau

o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice

o sugar

Garnish

o orange peel

Method:

1. Moisten the rim of a

cocktail glass and invert it into

a shallow dish of sugar to coat

the rim.

2. Shake remaining cocktail

ingredients over ice to chill.

3. Strain into the prepared

glass.

4. Garnish with orange peel.

Comments:

David Embury in "The Fine

Art of Mixing Drinks" (1948),

says that the Sidecar was

developed in a Parisian bistro

during World War I by a

gentleman who was driven

there in the sidecar of a

motorcycle. Which bar it

was is a matter of speculation,

but it is popularly thought to

have been Harry's New York

Bar.

. . .