Sidecar Cocktail

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One of the great cocktails, the brandy sidecar. Don’t fear the sugary rim.
Ready in: 5 mins

Ingredients

Serves: 1

• Ice
• 2 ounces cognac
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• 1 ounce lemon juice
• Superfine sugar for rimming glass

Preparation method

Prep: 5 mins

1. Chill a martini glass in the freezer. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice. Remove the glass from the freezer, rub the rim with a slice of lemon, and dip the rim in sugar. Shake the cocktail vigorously and strain into the sugar-rimmed glass.