Side Car Martini Food

SIDECAR

Steps:

• Spread superfine sugar on small plate. Rub lemon wedge halfway around rim of chilled martini or coupe glass. Dip moistened side of glass in sugar to lightly coat outside rim of glass. Set aside.
• In cocktail shaker, combine Cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice. Add ice and shake vigorously until well chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into prepared martini or coupe glass and serve.

SIDECAR

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker 3/4 full with ice cubes. Pour in lemon juice, Cointreau, and brandy. Cover and shake vigorously for about 30 seconds until the outside of the shaker becomes cold and frosty. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a wedge of lemon.

SIDECAR

Steps:

• Place sugar in a shallow dish or saucer. Run the lemon wedge around the rim of a martini glass and discard. Dip rim in sugar to coat. Fill glass with ice and set aside to chill.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add brandy, Cointreau, and lemon juice; shake vigorously.
• Remove ice from glass and discard. Twist lemon peel over glass; strain cocktail into glass. Serve immediately.

SIDECAR COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Sprinkle sugar on a small plate. Lightly wet half the rim of of a coupe glass with a damp paper towel. Dip the moistened rim in sugar to coat. Set the glass in the refrigerator to chill.
• Combine Cognac, orange-flavored liqueur, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, cover, and shake until chilled. Strain into the chilled, sugar-rimmed coupe.

SIDECAR

Steps:

• Put a coupe glass in the fridge to chill. Tip all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
• Shake well, until the outside of the shaker feels cold, then strain the cocktail into the chilled glass. If the lemon juice is too sharp, add the bitters to taste.

SIDECAR COCKTAILS

Steps:

• If you want to frost the glasses, dip the rim or 4 martini glasses in a shallow plate of lemon juice and then in the sugar. Allow to dry for 15 minutes.
• Combine the Cognac, Triple Sec, and lemon juice in a pitcher. Pour some into a cocktail shaker with ice, shake well and pour into the glasses. Garnish with a cherry or lemon peel.

BOURBON SIDECAR

Steps:

• Fill cocktail shaker with ice.
• Add bourbon, orange liqueur and lemon juice; shake to blend and chill.
• Strain into stemless martini glass or old-fashion glass.
• Garnish with orange twist.

SIDECAR MARTINI

Steps:

• Wet the rim of a martini glass by dipping it in a shallow plate filled with 1 ounce of lemon juice.
• Dip the glass into the superfine sugar and set aside.
• Combine the Calvados, Cointreau, and 1 ounce lemon juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
• Shake vigorously.
• Strain into the martini glass.

SIDECAR

Steps:

• Place sugar in a saucer. Moisten the rim of a martini glass using a lime wedge. Dip rim in sugar; repeat with second glass. Set aside.
• In a cocktail shaker, stir together sugar and water until sugar is dissolved. Stir in brandy, Cointreau, and lime juice. Fill with ice cubes, and shake well. Strain into prepared glasses, and serve with a lime twist.