Name: Amaretto Sour (by Jeffrey Morgenthaler)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Amaretto liqueur; 30 ml Whiskey - Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 5 ml Demerara / dark Muscovado / brown sugar; 15 ml Pasteurised egg white (or aquafaba)

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist (discarded) & Luxardo Maraschino cherries on stick.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and pour into ice-filled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Disaronno amaretto
1 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
3/4 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz	Demerara / dark Muscovado / brown sugar
1/2 fl oz	Pasteurised egg white (or aquafaba)
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Review:

As the name suggests, this drink is dominated by amaretto, with lemon juice providing the sour balancing element and a slug of bourbon giving backbone.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2012 by Jeffrey Morgenthaler in Oregon, USA. Jeffrey's original formula calls for
45ml (1½oz) Amaretto
22.5ml (¾oz) Cask-strength bourbon
30ml (1oz) Lemon juice
5ml (1 spoon) Sugar syrup (2:1)
15ml (½oz) Egg white

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Nutrition:

One serving of Amaretto Sour (by Jeffrey Morgenthaler) contains 270 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.88% alc./vol. (33.76° proof)
19.8 grams of pure alcohol

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