Cocktail · Peru
Pisco Sour
Shake a Peruvian Pisco Sour with pisco, lime, syrup and egg white, with exact oz and ml measurements and bitters dotted over the foam.
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Prep time
- 5 minutes
- Glassware
- Coupe glass
- Base
- Brandy
Ingredients
- 2 oz (60 ml) pisco
- 1 oz (30 ml) fresh lime juice
- 0.75 oz (22 ml) simple syrup
- 1 egg white
Garnish
Aromatic bitters on the foam
How to make it
- 1Chill a coupe glass and measure each ingredient.
- 2Add pisco, lime juice, simple syrup, egg white and drops aromatic bitters to a shaker and shake without ice for 15 seconds to aerate the egg white.
- 3Add ice and shake hard for another 12 seconds.
- 4Fine-strain into the coupe glass.
- 5Finish with aromatic bitters on the foam and serve immediately.
The story behind Pisco Sour
The modern Pisco Sour is strongly associated with Lima and Peru’s pisco tradition. Egg white softens the lime while bitters perfume the foam, creating the country’s best-known cocktail.