Christmas Day Clementine Sour
- Total Time
- About 1 minute
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Ingredients
- 1½ounces bourbon, preferably Elijah Craig 12-year-old
- ½ounce Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
- ¼ounce spiced brown sugar syrup (see recipe)
- Juice of 1 clementine (about 1 ounce), plus ribbon of peel for garnish
- 1egg white (optional)
- ½teaspoon Luxardo Amaretto (enough to rinse inside of coupe glass)
- 2dashes Angostura bitters
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Preparation
- Step 1
In a shaker filled with ice, combine the bourbon, curaçao, brown sugar syrup and clementine juice (and egg white, if using). Shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
- Step 2
In a chilled coupe glass, swirl enough amaretto to coat the inside. Strain shaken drink into coupe. Top with the bitters. Garnish with the ribbon of clementine peel.
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Comments
Oh come on. Elijah Craig 12 is a nice bourbon straight up. But you won't be able to taste the difference between EC any any other of hundreds of cheaper bourbons once you add Luxardo, Clementine and Curacao. I don't spare money when it comes to drinking bourbon. But you won't be able to taste the difference with all these ingredients. I know it says "preferably" but that is a misleading statement as if EC 12 would taste better in this drink than others.
When I made this, sweet juice+sweet liqueurs+sweet syrup=way too sweet and just not interesting. I added lemon juice: 1/2 oz. made it taste more like a sour, and it was delicious, but the clementine character was less noticeable. 1/4 oz of lemon made it less sour than most sours, still a bit sweet, but kept more of the character of the original drink, and was still delicious. This "sour" needs to be more sour to balance the sweetness.
Use a good mid tier booze. If you use the egg ( and please do!) dry shake (without ice) for twenty seconds, then add the ice and shake for another ten.
We are making these today for my sister, Clementine, whose birthday is Christmas Day! Perfect!!
Substituted Grand Marnier for Curaçao and just did half a teaspoon of brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon instead of hassling with the syrup. Worked out great.
Substituted Grand Marnier for curaçao and just did half a teaspoon of brown sugar and pinch of cinnamon instead of bothering with the syrup. Worked out great.
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