Classic Cocktails Revisited

The Sidecar

recipe by natalie lewicki
 photo by shana smith

The Sidecar

recipe by natalie lewicki
photo by shana smith

If sweet and sour are your preferred flavors, then the sidecar is calling your name.

Ingredients:
  • Lemon wedge
  • Sugar, for the rim
  • 2 oz. cognac
  • ¾ oz. triple sec
  • ¾ oz. lemon juice
  • Ice
  • Lemon twist, for garnish


Print Recipe
  1. Rim a chilled glass with the lemon wedge, and then coat the rim in sugar.
  2. In a shaker, combine the cognac, triple sec, lemon juice, and ice. Shake until chilled.
  3. Strain into the rimmed glass, and garnish with lemon twist.
    4. For a mocktail: Replace cognac and triple sec with orange soda.

    Makes one cocktail

Posted in February 2021 on Dec 02, 2020