Pisco Sour
One of my favorite cocktail recipes that I collected from my South American adventures over the last few years! Watch out for this one, it's crazy delish and easy to drink!
Servings: 1 serving
Ingredients
- 3 ounces Pisco
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- 1 teaspoon pasteurized egg white
- ice cubes
- Angostura bitters to serve
Instructions
- Add pisco, lime juice, simple syrup and egg white into a shaker and dry-shake (without ice) vigorously.
- Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.
- Strain into chilled glasses. Garnish with 3 to 5 drops of Angostura bitters. Using a straw, toothpick or similar implement, swirl the bitters into a simple design, if desired. Serve immediately.
Notes
- Always dry shake first. Add pisco, lime, syrup, and egg white to the shaker without ice. Shake hard for 15 seconds. This is what whips the egg white into that signature foam.
- Then wet shake with ice for another 15 seconds. The second shake chills the drink without diluting away the foam you just built.
- Use fresh-squeezed lime juice, never bottled. Bottled lime is sour without aroma. Fresh lime is the difference between a balanced cocktail and a sad one.
- Stick to the 3:1:1 ratio. Three parts pisco, one part lime, one part simple syrup. Memorize it once and you can build a Pisco Sour anywhere with no recipe.
- Choose Acholado pisco for cocktails. It's the blended style designed for mixing. Save the single-varietal Quebrantas and Italias for sipping.
- Make simple syrup at 1:1, not 2:1. A heavier syrup throws the balance and makes the drink cloying. Combine equal parts sugar and hot water, stir, cool, done.
- Chill the glass. Stick a coupe or rocks glass in the freezer 10 minutes before serving. A cold glass keeps the foam intact and the drink cold longer.
- Strain through a fine mesh. A double strain catches ice shards and gives you that smooth, glassy pour.
- Drop the bitters on top, then swirl. Three to five dashes of Angostura on the foam, then drag a toothpick through them in a quick S-curve. Beautiful and bitter at once.
- Drink it within 3 minutes. The foam collapses fast. Make one drink at a time, or batch the citrus-syrup base and shake the egg white in to order.
Nutrition
Calories: 157kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 29mg | Potassium: 143mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 14IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg