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Amaretto Sour by Jeffrey Morgenthaler

1 1/2 oz Amaretto*

3/4 oz Cask-Proof Bourbon

1 oz Lemon Juice

1 tsp 2:1 Simple Syrup

1/2 oz Egg White

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake without ice or (even better) use an immersion blender to combine and froth. Add ice and shake. Strain over fresh ice into a large rocks glass, garnish with a twist of lemon and maraschino cherries.

*Use Frangelico instead of Amaretto for a Frangelico Sour

Arsenic and Old Lace

2 oz Gin

3/4 oz Dry Vermouth

1/4 oz Creme de Violette

1 Barspoon of Absinthe

Add ingredients to a mixing glass and stir well with ice to chill and dilute. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an expressed twist of lemon or orange peel.