Bistro Sidecar

Hazelnut and vanilla-citrus liqueurs support brandy in a compact sour with two small fresh-juice measures. A sugar rim and roasted hazelnut finish the drink without being blended into the liquid ingredients.

pale cloudy golden Bistro Sidecar in a sugar-rimmed coupe with one roasted hazelnut, no ice.

Active preparation: 4 minutes

Ingredients

  • 45 ml Brandy
  • 15 ml Tuaca vanilla-citrus liqueur
  • 15 ml Frangelico hazelnut liqueur
  • 3.75 ml Fresh lemon juice
  • 3.75 ml Simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water by weight)
  • 3.75 ml Fresh tangerine juice
  • 3 g Superfine sugar for the outer rim
  • 1 piece Unsalted roasted hazelnut

Instructions

  1. Moisten the outside rim of a chilled coupe with a little lemon and coat lightly with the garnish sugar.
  2. Shake brandy, Tuaca, Frangelico, both measured juices and simple syrup with cubed ice until cold.
  3. Fine-strain into the prepared glass and add one roasted hazelnut.