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Calvados Sour

Calvados Sour

Classic

Apple brandy, lemon, and egg white.

FruityAutumnElegant
5 minMediumBalanced

Baked apple and soft spice over bright lemon, with a silky foam. Fruity, tart, and elegant.

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Calvados
  • 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
  • 1 Egg White
  • Apple · optional garnish

Method

  1. 1

    Add the Calvados, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white to a shaker WITHOUT ice and dry-shake hard for 10 seconds.

  2. 2

    Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.

  3. 3

    Strain into a chilled coupe.

  4. 4

    Garnish with a thin apple slice.

The Story

The sour is one of the great cocktail templates, a spirit, lemon, and sugar, and Calvados is one of its most graceful hosts. French apple brandy brings orchard fruit and gentle spice to the format, and the egg white gives it a pillowy, silky texture.

Glass · Coupe glassGarnish · Apple