Lavender and Chartreuse Sour
A floral and citrus sour made with Chartreuse and lavender that is perfect for any occasion.
Servings: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
Lavender Simple Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp dried lavender buds
Lavender and Chartreuse Sour Cocktails
- 1.5 ounces Chartreuse Liquor about 1 shot
- 1.5 ounces Lavender Simple Syrup
- 2 ounces fresh squeezed lemon juice. This is about 1 ½ large lemons juiced and strained about ¼ cup
- 2 dashes of aromatic bitters
- 1 egg separated You only need the egg white for this recipe.
Instructions
Lavender Simple Syrup
- In a medium sauce pan add your water and sugar and bring to a boil.
- Measure out 1 teaspoon of dried lavender buds
- Once your sugar has melted into the water add your lavender and remove from heat.
- Let the mixture come to room temperature.
- Strain your mixture to remove the lavender buds and discard them.
- Your lavender simple syrup is ready.
Making the drinks
- Juice your lemons and strain out the pulp and any seeds with a fine mesh strainer.
- Grab a cocktail shaker or mason jar and add one ice cube to the shaker, your Chartreuse, bitters, lemon, simple syrup and your egg white. This is the dry shake step.
- Shake vigorously for 1 minute. You know when to stop when you hear the ice cube that you added, not shaking around anymore.
- After the dry shake, you can go ahead and add ice half way up the shaker and shake again. The first shake (the dry shake) should have produced lots of foam so the second shake just helps it out more and chills the cocktail.
- Pour into a martini glass and scoop out any residual egg white foam with a spoon and add to your glass.
- Garnish with a sprig of lavender or some lemon.
- Enjoy.
Nutrition
Calories: 904kcal | Carbohydrates: 231g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 88mg | Potassium: 80mg | Sugar: 231g | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 2mg