Side Car Martini

Giada De Laurentiis

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Everyday ItalianEpisode: Cooking From the Heart

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Total Time:
5 min
Prep
5 min
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Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 lime, zested
  • 1 lime wedge
  • 10 ounces cognac (recommended: Hennessy)
  • 4 ounces Triple Sec liqueur (recommended: Cointreau)
  • 4 ounces sweet and sour mix
  • 4 ounces Limoncello
  • 2 ounces lime juice
  • Ice

Directions

Chill 4 martini glasses. In a small shallow dish combine the sugar and the lime zest. Run the lime wedge around the rim of each glass. Dip in the sugar and zest mixture.

In a cocktail shaker mix the cognac, Triple Sec, sweet and sour mix, Limoncello, and lime juice over ice. Shake to chill.

Pour the Side Car Martinis into the glasses and serve immediately.

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  • on April 26, 2011

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    I really liked this as did our guest. The lime zest in the sugar really makes it. It is very strong so drink slowly.

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  • on February 26, 2010

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    I am a bartender and have made this drink for several of my customers when they ask me to "surprise them" and everyone has loved it, myself included!!!!! WONDERFUL... Giada, you absolutely ROCK!

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  • on December 30, 2009

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    Very Easy To make loved the lime zest on the rim! Sip it and you warm up quick!

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