Name: Side Car Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 cup water; 1 cup sugar; ½ cup lemon juice; ½ cup Cointreau; 1 cup brandy; ice; sugar

Side Car Recipe

How To Make Side Car

This 10-minute side car recipe serves a classic boozy cocktail that fuses brandy, cointreau, and lemon juice for a tangy and refreshing drink.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking:

Total: 10 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

1cupwater
⅔cupsugar
½cuplemon juice
½cupCointreau
1cupbrandy,or cognac
ice
sugar,for coating martini glasses

Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine the water and sugar and bring to a boil. Cook over moderate heat, stirring just until the sugar dissolves. Let cool.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add ¼ cup of the syrup, ¼ cup lemon juice, ¼ cup Cointreau, and ½ cup brandy. Shake vigorously until quite cold and strain into 4 frozen, sugar-rimmed martini glass.
Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 4 more drinks.
Serve and enjoy!