Christmas Day Clementine Sour

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Here’s a cocktail that’s both a tribute to my mother (who loved whiskey sours laced with amaretto) and to my favorite flavors of the Christmas season: clementines, cinnamon and cloves. Juice the clementines a day in advance to save yourself some trouble on the holiday.

by Rosie Schaap

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Easy, Quick, Cocktails

Servings

1 drink

Total time

1 min

Calories / serving

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Ingredients (7)

serves

1 1/2 ounces bourbon, preferably Elijah Craig 12-year-oldbourbon
1/2 ounce Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
1/4 ounce spiced brown sugar syrup (see recipe)
Juice of 1 clementine (about 1 ounce), plus ribbon of peel for garnish
1 egg white (optional)egg
1/2 teaspoon Luxardo Amaretto (enough to rinse inside of coupe glass)
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Instructions (2 steps)

01In 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.
02In 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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