Sidecar cocktail recipe

The Sidecar is a classic cocktail traditionally made with cognac, orange liqueur (Cointreau, Grand Marnier or another triple sec), and lemon juice. In its ingredients, the drink is perhaps most closely related to the older Brandy Daisy, which differs both in presentation and in proportions of its components.

The exact origin of the Sidecar cocktail is unclear, but it is thought to have been invented around the end of World War I in either London or Paris. The Ritz Hotel in Paris claims origin of the drink. The first recipes for the Sidecar appear in 1922, in Harry MacElhone's Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails and Robert Vermeire's Cocktails and How to Mix Them. It is one of six basic drinks listed in David A. Embury's The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks (1948).

Sidecar Ingredients:

-  1 jigger Brandy or Cognac
-  ¼ jigger Cointreau
-  Splash of lemon juice

Preparation:

-  Mix the ingredients in a shaker half full of ice.
-  Strain and serve in a sugar-rimmed glass.
-  Garnish with a strip of lemon rind.
-  Bourbon is often substituted for brandy.