Bourbon Sour Recipe
Bourbon, cold-pressed lemon, classic foam
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Ingredients
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Liquor
Juice
Foam
Sweetener
Garnish
Method
Preparation
- 1
Prepare the ingredients
Gather all the ingredients: bourbon, cold-pressed lemon juice, egg white, simple syrup, Angostura bitters, and lemon slice.
- 2
Juicing the lemons
Using a cold-press juicer, extract juice from fresh lemons until you have 3 oz of lemon juice. Strain if necessary to remove pulp.
- 3
Make the simple syrup
If you don't have simple syrup, combine equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan. Heat until the sugar dissolves, then cool before using.
Mixing
- 4
Combine ingredients
In a cocktail shaker, add 2 oz of bourbon, 3 oz of cold-pressed lemon juice, 0.5 oz of simple syrup, and the egg white.
- 5
Dry shake
Shake the mixture vigorously without ice for about 15 seconds to emulsify the egg white and create foam.
- 6
Wet shake
Add ice to the shaker and shake again for another 15 seconds until well chilled.
Serving
- 7
Strain and serve
Strain the mixture into a chilled coupe or rocks glass. The foam should form a nice layer on top.
- 8
