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Piaggio Vespa Sidecar

Name: Piaggio Vespa Sidecar
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Italian Brandy; 30 ml Amaro (e.g. Montenegro); 15 ml Lemon juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Italian Brandy
1 fl oz	Amaro Montenegro
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe 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 Piaggio Vespa Sidecar contains 202 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
17.1% alc./vol. (34.21° proof)
17.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amaro (e.g. Montenegro) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in July 2020 by yours truly.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

A bittersweet Italian aperitivo riff on the classic Sidecar. Tasty it is too.

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Ruth Harvey 1y

The sidecar was one of the first cocktails that MrH and I enjoyed together....after all this time, this version was a fitting twist to enjoy together on 💘 valentine's day.

Donald Draper 3y

Using 10ml creme de cassis instead of sugar syrup is also delicious.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Perfect. Had this to celebrate D-Day and my father's birthday (June 6). My father was stationed in East Anglia for the D-Day invasion. This was a great aperitif and a wonderful rift on the sidecar.

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