The Sidecar Recipes

Steps:

• Fill a coupe glass with ice cubes, to chill. Place sugar on a plate. Cut a slit into the center of a lemon wedge (one per cocktail). Set aside.
• Add lemon juice, Cointreau, and cognac to cocktail shaker. Set aside. Discard the ice cubes in coupe glass. Run the lemon wedge around half of the glass rim, then gently roll the rim into sugar; the sugar should stick only to the lemon juice on the rim. Set glass aside.
• Assembly: Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Cover and shake briefly, about 5 seconds. Strain contents into chilled coupe glass (optional: for an extra smooth cocktail, double strain through a fine-mesh strainer). Garnish with a lemon wedge perched on the rim of the glass. Serve.

Steps:

• Five minutes prior to serving, fill 4 champagne coupe glasses with ice. When ready to serve, dump the ice and rub the rims of each coupe with lemon juice. Rim half of each glass in the pink sugar. In a cocktail shaker add the cognac, superfine sugar, orange liqueur and lemon juice.
• Add 1/2 cup crushed ice. Cover and shake vigorously. Use the strainer and pour equal amounts into the coupes. Garnish with the lemon peels.

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker 3/4 full with ice cubes. Pour in lemon juice, Cointreau, and brandy. Cover and shake vigorously for about 30 seconds until the outside of the shaker becomes cold and frosty. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a wedge of lemon.

Steps:

• In mixing glass or shaker filled with ice, combine Cointreau, brandy, and lemon juice, and shake vigorously. Wet rim of a 3- to 4-ounce cocktail glass and place on a lightly sugared plate. Strain liquor into the glass and serve.

Steps:

• Preparation and Serving.
• If you want to garnish the glass rim with sugar, wet the outside of the rim with lemon juice. Dip the outside of the rim in sugar, and swirl glass to coat.
• For the drink, combine lemon juice, Cointreau, and cognac in a cocktail shaker that is half filled with ice. Shake well for 20 - 30 seconds.
• Strain mixture into the cocktail glass. If you don't sugar the rim, you could garnish with a lemon twist or orange slice.
• http://www.kitchenriffs.com/2012/01/sidecar-cocktail.html.

Steps:

• Put a coupe glass in the fridge to chill. Tip all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
• Shake well, until the outside of the shaker feels cold, then strain the cocktail into the chilled glass. If the lemon juice is too sharp, add the bitters to taste.

Steps:

• Put a coupe glass in the fridge to chill. Put the cold tea, lemon juice and marmalade in a cocktail shaker and stir to break down the marmalade so it starts to dissolve. Stir in the honey then add the ice.
• Shake well, until the outside of the shaker feels cold, then double strain into the chilled glass. Serve as it is or garnish with a slice of dried orange, if you like.

Steps:

• Spread superfine sugar on small plate. Rub lemon wedge halfway around rim of chilled martini or coupe glass. Dip moistened side of glass in sugar to lightly coat outside rim of glass. Set aside.
• In cocktail shaker, combine Cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice. Add ice and shake vigorously until well chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into prepared martini or coupe glass and serve.