Name: Mandarine Sidecar
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Mandarin liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 7.5 ml Chilled water; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

3/4 fl oz

Mandarin liqueur

1/2 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

1/6 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1/4 fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

2 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

RIM glass with sugar (moisten the outside edge with orange juice and dip into sugar).

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Mandarine Sidecar contains 189 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.63% alc./vol. (41.26° proof)
21 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 1y

A serious sour...deep and delicious. We substituted a very light-touch salt and grapefruit rim for the saline solution.

John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Wonderful cocktail. Delightful sour. Did back off the lemon slightly (only because I did not want to cut open another lemon), and it had a great balance. Was a perfect cocktail for an evening.