Ride this Sidecar! drink recipe

2 tablespoons superfine sugar
1 lemon wedge
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 ounce Cointreau
2 ounces brandy


Place the sugar in a shallow saucer. Wet half of the inner and outer rims of a chilled stemmed cocktail glass with the lemon wedge. Dip the rim into the sugar.
In a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice, combine the lemon juice, Cointreau, and brandy. Shake well and strain into glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Julia Reed