RECIPE

Blackberry-Pineapple Sidecar

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The Penthouse · Los Angeles

Ryan Magarian, a cocktail consultant based in Portland, Oregon, often focuses on flavor combinations first, then searches for classic cocktail recipes to match. Here he began with the delicious combination of blackberry and pineapple.

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Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 7 blackberries
    2. Ice
    3. 2 ounces Cognac
    4. 1 1/2 ounces pineapple juice
    5. 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
    6. 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
    7. 1 or 2 pineapple leaves, for garnish (optional)
    8. 1/2 ounce Cointreau or other triple sec

Directions

  1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the berries. Add ice and all of the remaining ingredients except the garnish; shake well. Strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass and garnish.