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Picasso Sour

Name: Picasso Sour
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Pisco; 15 ml Triple sec; 25 ml Lemon juice; 20 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 dash Absinthe

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Pisco
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dash Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
4 dash	La Fée Parisienne absinthe

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of spray Angostura Bitters through stencil or drip a few drops on surface foam..

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice).
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Picasso Sour contains 155 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.23% alc./vol. (32.46° proof)
20.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Sean Halse at Gold On 27, Burj Al Arab, Dubai. Sean says, "The drink was designed to show the artistic side of the modern bartender." (His original recipe called for 40ml Lapostelle Pisco and 10ml 1:1 sugar syrup.)

Review

We were struck by the photograph that accompanied the recipe sent to us by this cocktail's creator. The photo was of the cocktail at Burj Al Arab in Dubai, where it is served with a tiny wooden artist's colour palate alongside a micro easel holding a print of Picasso's Portrait of The Absinthe Drinker.

The cocktail itself is an artistic citrus-led riff on a Pisco Sour, but the original presentation amounts to true cocktail artistry.

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 25 cocktails
$21.99 $0.88 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

La Fee Parisienne absinthe 200ml - makes 160 cocktails
$17.99 $0.11 per cocktail La Fee Parisienne absinthe image

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Juniper Lately 2y

In an attempt to make a lower abv cocktail I made this with a strong licorice spice herbal tea in place of the Pisco, kept the triple sec, and skipped the absinthe. It’s lovely! (Although it REALLY foamed up over the glass 😂)

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Refreshing and herbal. Was perfect before dinner, but would also be outstanding on a warm afternoon. The absinthe is the perfect accent. Hints of pepper and sour all at once. Very easy to drink. On my rotation.

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