My Sherry Amore: Pink Grapefruit and Vodka Sour

My Sherry Amore: Pink Grapefruit and Vodka Sour

This cocktail is dangerous, so smooth you hardly notice the booze. Inspired by a Pisco Sour with Vodka for kick, Sherry for a hint of herbaceous wine, Pink Grapefruit to impart a romantic pleasing color and citrus zest, egg white to make it smooth and frothy, and just a dash of bitters to bring it all together. And after all, what is amore without a dash of bitter?

I used a fresh egg white but if that heebs you out I’ve read that the pasteurized egg whites you can buy in a carton also work. I’ve never used an egg white in a homemade cocktail before but now I think I’m hooked. It adds a silky smoothness and makes everything so pretty. I shudder to think of all the sours I drank over the years made with bottled sour mix. I’ll never go back. It’s homemade from here on out.

Since I’ve started the cocktail and poetry tradition I will continue it today with this untitled piece:

The tongue of the serpent and the tongue

of the dog meet, fork and spoon,

opposites but the same, welded together

by myth and a desire to see heaven

dangling like diamonds from the hand of a god.

God of rain, god of thunder, god of sky,

god of monsoon rain. That which destroys

ignorance but is itself indestructible, a bolt

that sears, fuses the and fish and crocodile,

nested in the petals of a lotus, waiting

for the sound of an empty bell.

 

cheers!

My Sherry Amore: Pink Grapefruit and Vodka Sour

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Ingredients

  

• 1 ½ ounces vodka
• ½ ounce dry/fino sherry
• Four Ounces Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice
• 1 Tablespoon egg white
• 2-4 dashes orange bitters

Instructions

 

• Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice (the bigger the cubes the better). Shake vigorously and strain into a highball glass or Champagne flute. Garnish with 4-8 drops of Orange Bitters.

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