Name: Chevalier
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 5 ml Chilled water; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

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

¹⁄₆ fl oz

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

2 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

2 drop

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

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

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 use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Chevalier contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
19.17% alc./vol. (38.34° proof)
19.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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2469n 28w

Much like Alabazam, 19th century cocktail

Caitlin Eisner Premium Member 30w

I don't know what the other commenters are talking about. I really enjoyed this and was pleasantly surprised. Perhaps it's because my dashes of bitters are a bit more voluminous than other people's, but this was a nice surprise. Yes, it's like a Sidecar, but this is still good.

Leslie Premium Member 32w

Okay but really, what’s the point? A Sidecar is magnificent in and of itself, the Anglo is just gilding the lily. That being said, the Pear and Cardamon Sidecar is truly a thing unto itself, a thing worthy of checking out if you haven’t already met it!

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 32w

We really enjoyed this as a distinctively characterful variant on the Sidecar. We suppose that if this recipe had been the original and someone had come along later with the now classic Sidecar as a variant, there might have been a chorus of "too bland!". Someone, we forget who, once said that if people had nothing to complain about they would be silent much of the time. We take it that you meant "Ango".

Leslie Premium Member 32w

Hahahah yes, Ango!!

Theo Clark 32w

Honestly, I think I'd just skip this and make a regular sidecar. This was not bad, but all of the angostura flavour was lost, save the bitterness. We ended up adding extra sugar even with a sugar rim on the glass. Not bad, but not better then the standard sidecar.

Marie-Therese Straus 32w

We liked this but as another commenter noted this is quite tart (and I like sour drinks!) and I felt the angostura was a bit lost in the sour profile. We upped the sugar syrup slightly and also upped the angostura by another dash each. A nice variation for Sidecar enthusiasts like me.