Name: Apple Cart
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Calvados apple brandy; 30 ml Triple sec; 20 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Apple Schnapps; 10 ml Chilled water

Apple Cart
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
1 oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Apple Schnapps liqueur optional
¹⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of (optional sugar rim) and apple wedge or dehydrated apple slice.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with apple wedge on rim or float dehydrated apple slice .

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A splash of apple liqueur helps balance this otherwise overly sour calvados-based Sidecar.

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AKA: Calvados Sidecar

Variant:

Deauville

History:

When a Sidecar is made with calvados instead of cognac it becomes an Apple Cart.

Nutrition:

One serving of Apple Cart contains 206 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
20.46% alc./vol. (20.46° proof)
23.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

22nd February at 15:41

This is a great example of how a sweet liqueur (Cointreau) can still be dry in the right circumstances. I did it with the apple liqueur added and I think it was perfectly balanced. Tart, good apple flavours yet rich and interesting. Maybe I'll try adding an interesting bitter to serve as an accent next time.

Helge Syversen

20th October 2024 at 13:42

Thank you John Hinojos for your tip. I used Calvados, Laird's Applejack and Triple Sec as mentioned. Added 1/2 shot of Apfelkorn (a 20% german apple-liquer) and no water. This cocktail was a succes. FINALLY, If you serve two of these, remind your guest to stay seated for a while.

Annabelle Egginton

3rd November 2023 at 19:13

I used pommeau instead of Apple schnapps liqueur to add Apple sweetness. Yum!

Elisabeth Feltaous

3rd March 2023 at 22:52

No apple schnapps, but used the recipe as indicated. Tart, sour, not too sweet, a beautifully balanced cocktail with a lovely apple nose and finish.

John Hinojos

12th December 2022 at 01:33

We tried this one the next night but used 2 parts calvados to 1 part applejack bottled-in-bond (100 proof). Citrus flavour is less pronounced and the taste of the apple brandy is stronger. Both are good, but I think I would stay with the one with the 100 proof. Has more depth of flavour.

John Hinojos

11th December 2022 at 01:07

What an outstanding apple flavoured cocktail. Although I have 2 different Calvados, decided to use Laird's 86 for a little extra proof. Nicely dry with the great citrus-apple flavours. May try next with just a little Applejack bottled-in-bond for little extra kick. In my favourites.

Miguel Perales

25th October 2022 at 21:07

A fairly dry, leaning towards the citrus sour notes mid palate with a nice apple flavor finish.

Florian Ruf

6th June 2022 at 20:27

As I have no Apple Schnapps Liqueur I had to balance on an other way. The "Tarte Tatin" from the older comment made me try a dash of vanilla syrup, honey and saline solution. The result is good, but not very special. Let's call it "Apple Tart" ?