Name: Delicious Sour
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Applejack brandy; 10 ml Peach liqueur; 10 ml Licor 43; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 4 drop Vanilla bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Delicious Sour
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Applejack brandy
¹⁄₃ oz	Giffard Crème de Pêche de Vigne liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Licor 43 Original liqueur optional
³⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative
4 drop	Bob's Vanilla bitters
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist expressed & discarded. Adorn with dehydrated apple slice..
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in William Schmidt's 1892 The Flowing Bowl.

The Delicious Sour
A Goblet with the juice of a lime,
A squirt of seltzer,
A spoonful of sugar,
½ of apple-jack
½ of peach brandy,
The white of an egg.
Fill your glass with ice, shake well, strain, and serve.
William Schmidt, The Flowing Bowl, 1892

Nutrition:

One serving of Delicious Sour contains 168 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
16.28% alc./vol. (16.28° proof)
16.7 grams of pure alcohol

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