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

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack

1 fl oz

Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur

²⁄₃ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Apple Schnapps liqueur (optional)

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of (optional sugar rim) and apple wedge or dehydrated apple slice.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with apple wedge on rim or float dehydrated apple slice .

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Apple Cart contains 206 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
20.46% alc./vol. (40.92° proof)
25.2 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Chris Dimal 21w

Really good, was a pure Apple Sidecar.

Egg McKenzie 46w

made this without schnapps but it didn't feel harmonious. bit of a clash between the apple and orange somehow. dunno.

Michael Kubler 1y

Made it with homemade rhubarb liqueur instead of the apple schnapps, because that’s what I had. Really like this one.

peterme 1y

I made it with bottled-in-bond apple brandy and pommeau instead of Apple Schnapps and it was delicious. Somehow sweet and dry and apple-y. Would make again!

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

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 1y

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 2y

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

Elisabeth Feltaous 3y

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 Premium Member 3y

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 Premium Member 3y

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.