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Amaretto Stone Sour

Nutty · Sours (citrus)

3.9 28 ratings

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Ingredients

1 swath Lemon peel
1 2/3 oz Amaretto liqueur
3/4 oz Lemon juice
3/4 oz Orange juice
1/2 oz Egg white (pasteurised)
2 dash Aromatic bitters
3 drop Saline solution 4:1

How to make

Serve in a sour or martini/coupette glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a SOUR OR MARTINI/COUPETTE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange zest twist (coin-sized).

Method

  1. 3 REGAL SHAKE all ingredients (including lemon zest) and strain back into shaker.
  2. 4 DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  3. 5 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 6 EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and float as garnish.

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Flavour profile

9.5% alc./vol. · 0.8 standard drinks

History

This almond sour has zesty oils and citrus juice to provide balance.

Among the many classic Stone Sours, this particular version is arguably the most well-known. Cocktail historian David Wondrich indicates that the earliest known mention of an Amaretto Stone Sour appeared as the "Drink of the Week" in a 1982 newspaper advertisement for Wisconsin's Diamond Supper Club in Menomonie. Six years later, the Amaretto Stone Sour was featured as one of seven Stone Sours in the 1988 publication *Sardi's Bar Guide*, authored by Vincent Sardi Jr. and George Shea. The fundamental nature of a stone sour involves a standard sour base augmented with orange juice. "AMARETTO STONE SOUR 1 teaspoon superfine sugar 1 ounce lemon juice, preferably freshly squeezed 2 ounces amaretto* 2 ounces orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed ½ slice orange or lemon for garnish 1 maraschino cherry for garnish Combine ingredients with ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into cocktail glass, or empty contents, ice cubes and all, into an Old-Fashioned glass and serve on the rocks. Garnish with ½ slice orange or lemon and a maraschino cherry. *Preferred Ingredients: amaretto: Amaretto di Saronno. See Liqueur (page51); fresh-squeezed orange and lemon juices."