Classic Cocktail

Tonight we had a 'Classic Cocktail' using our new Mardi Gras glasses. We also shared the drink with a neighbor who came to visit bearing a gift! Although cocktails aren't her favorite form of alcohol enjoyment, even she liked the drink enough to ask for more than the small sample I gave her.

The recipe (page no. 65 from our Bartender's Guide):

Juice of 1/4 lemon (I'm using Meyer lemon juice)
1 1/2 oz Curaçao (Marie Brizard Orange)
1 1/2 oz Maraschino (Luxardo)
1 oz Brandy (E&J XO)

Prepare rim of old-fashioned glass by rubbing with lemon and dipping into powdered sugar.
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into prepared glass.

The drink was very good with the Luxardo cherry taste coming through; very pleasant. We will have this one again!

Sante.