This pisco sour recipe is a shaken sour of pisco, lime, simple syrup, and egg white. It is not a whiskey sour or a margarita.
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Pisco Sour
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 cocktail 1x
Description
Pisco Sour. From Olivia.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ounces (60ml) pisco
- 1 ounce (30ml) lime juice
- 3/4 ounce (22ml) simple syrup
- 1 egg white
- 3 drops bitters
Instructions
- Shake pisco, lime, syrup, and egg white hard without ice.
- Add ice and shake again until cold.
- Strain into a glass and dot the foam with bitters.
Notes
The dry shake builds the foam. Ice first makes a thin head.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: No-cook
- Cuisine: American
Pisco
A clear grape brandy. Do not swap in whiskey.
Egg white
For the foam. Skip it and you have a different drink.
Lime
Fresh. Bottled lime tastes flat.
Bitters
On the foam, not shaken in.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Syrup
Equal parts sugar and water, cooled.
Glass
A short glass.
Batch
Shake one at a time.
No egg
The drink still works, with no foam.