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Sidecar Cocktails

Ingredients

  • Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • Sugar
  • 1 cup Cognac or good brandy
  • 1/2 cup Triple Sec or Cointreau
  • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • Maraschino cherries or lemon peel, to garnish

Instructions

  1. If you want to frost the glasses, dip the rim or 4 martini glasses in a shallow plate of lemon juice and then in the sugar. Allow to dry for 15 minutes.
  2. Combine the Cognac, Triple Sec, and lemon juice in a pitcher. Pour some into a cocktail shaker with ice, shake well and pour into the glasses. Garnish with a cherry or lemon peel.

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