Name: Absinthe Sour
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Absinthe verte (green); 10 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 15 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Pasteurised egg white; 2 Peychaud's / Creole bitters (optional)

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Photographed in a

Libbey The Gats Rocks

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make:

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

5/6 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Pasteurised egg white
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters (optional)
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Review:

A touch of the sours for absinthe lovers.

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Variant:

Served 'up' in sour glass.

Nutrition:

One serving of Absinthe Sour contains 142 calories.

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
21.2% alc./vol. (42.4° proof)
13.9 grams of pure alcohol

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