Sidecar Recipe
Here’s how to make one of the best classic cocktails of all time: the Sidecar cocktail! This sour is the perfect balance of Cognac, Cointreau and lemon.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Total
- 5 min
- Yield
- 1

Ingredients 5
- 2 ounces Cognac (VS or VSOP)
- 1 ounce Cointreau
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- For the garnish: lemon twist or orange twist
- Superfine sugar* rim, optional
Method 3
- 01
Cut a notch in a lemon wedge, then run the lemon around the rim of a cocktail glass. Dip the edge of the rim into a plate of superfine sugar.
- 02
Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice and shake until cold.
- 03
Strain the drink into the prepared glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or orange twist.
Provenance
- recipe-clones/acouplecooks-data
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