Pisco Sour

• Recipe by Cocktails 2005

Bemelmans Bar, New York City

A Prohibitionera favorite, this drink uses pisco, a South American brandy made from Muscat grapes and aged in large clay jars.

Ingredients

1. Ice
2. 1 1/2 ounces pisco brandy
3. 1 ounce Simple Syrup
4. 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
5. 1 large pasteurized egg white
6. 3 or 4 drops of Angostura bitters

Directions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all of the ingredients except the bitters and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass and top with the bitters.

Notes

Bemelmans Bar
Posh piano bar
The Carlyle
35 E. 76th St.
New York, NY
212-744-1600