Lemon Whiskey Sours With Fresh Cherries Recipes

FRESH WHISKEY SOURS

Steps:

• Combine the whiskey, lemon juice, lime juice and syrup. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice and fill two-thirds full with the cocktail mixture. Shake for 30 seconds and pour into glasses. Add a maraschino cherry and serve ice cold.
• Sugar syrup: Put 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Chill thoroughly before using.

FRESH WHISKEY SOURS

Steps:

• Combine the bourbon, lemon juice, lime juice, and syrup in a pitcher. Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds full with ice and fill halfway full with the cocktail mixture. Shake for 30 seconds and pour into a martini glass. Repeat as needed. Serve each drink ice cold with a skewer of cherries.
• In a small bowl, combine the 1/2 cup dried cherries with 4 ounces of bourbon and microwave on high for 60 seconds. Set aside to cool. Thread 3 or 4 marinated cherries onto small skewers.

LEMON WHISKEY SOUR

Steps:

• Rub the rim of an old fashioned glass with lemon wedge. Fill a saucer with sugar, and dip the glass, upside down, into the sugar.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add whiskey, lemon juice, and 1 teaspoon superfine sugar, and shake until sugar dissolves. Strain into an ice-filled old fashioned glass, and garnish with lemon slice and a cherry.

IRISH WHISKEY SOUR

Steps:

• Put egg white in a shaker; shake until frothy, 30 seconds. Fill shaker halfway with ice; add whiskey, superfine sugar, and juices. Shake 30 seconds.
• Wet the rims of two short glasses with an orange slice, then dip in sanding sugar. Add ice; pour in drink. Serve, with an orange slice and lemon and lime cherries.

LEMON WHISKEY SOURS WITH FRESH CHERRIES

Steps:

• Rub lemon wedge on rims of 8 glasses, then dip rims in sugar.
• Combine whiskey, kirsch, lemon juice, sugar, bitters, and ice in a pitcher, stirring until sugar dissolves. Divide among ice-filled glasses, garnish each with a cherry and a strip of lemon zest, and serve immediately.