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Pisco Sour

Name: Pisco Sour
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Peru
Ingredients: 60ml Pisco; 30ml Lime juice; 20ml Simple Syrup; from 1 Egg Whites; To taste Ice; A pinch Angostura Bitters

Dessert

⏱ 10 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Peruvian pisco shaken with lime and egg white — the country's signature cocktail.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The pisco sour is Peru's national cocktail made with pisco, a grape brandy, and is said to have been created by a bartender in Lima in the 1920s. Peru and Chile even dispute where pisco originated, so proud are both countries of the spirit. Shaking with egg white creates a fluffy foam, and a few drops of bitters on top is the traditional finish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a bar in Lima at dusk, friends toast with pisco sours to celebrate the end of the day.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Pisco 60ml
Lime juice 30ml
Simple Syrup 20ml
Egg Whites from 1
Ice To taste
Angostura Bitters A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the pisco, lime juice, simple syrup, and egg white in a shaker.
Shake hard once without ice to whip up the egg white (dry shake).
Add ice and shake again until ice-cold.
Strain into a glass so the white foam floats in a layer.
Finish with a few drops of bitters, drawing a pattern.

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