With the cool crisp feeling in the air, why not end the week with a drink that celebrates the approaching season? Developed in the kitchens of Williams Sonoma, this Apple Cidercar truly embodies the rich flavors of the harvest season, and is a perfect way to “fall” into the weekend.

This apple inspired cocktail made with brandy and citrus, is an autumnal spin on a classic drink known as a sidecar. A traditional sidecar is a mixture of cognac, Cointreau, and lemon, and was created either in London or Paris around the end of the first World War. The first recipes for the Sidecar appear in 1922 in MacElhone’s ‘Harry’s ABC of mixing cocktails’, and in Vermeire’s ‘Cocktails and how to mix them’, however there seems to be some conflicting stories about where the drink originated. A book published in 1948 by David A Embury lists the cocktail as one of the six basic drinks, and credits the invention to an American Army captain in Paris during World War I, and claims it was named after the motorcycle sidecar in which the captain was chauffeured to and from the little bistro where the drink was born.

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Apple Cidercar Cocktail

This apple inspired cocktail made with brandy and citrus, is an autumnal spin on a classic drink known as a sidecar

Course Cocktails

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Ingredients

• 5 oz apple cider concentrate¹
• 5 oz water
• 3 oz brandy
• 5 oz Cointreau
• 2 oz fresh lemon juice
• apple slice for garnish

Instructions

• In a cocktail shaker, stir together the apple cider concentrate and water.   
• Add the brandy, Cointreau and lemon juice.
• Fill the shaker with ice and shake well.
• Pour into sugar-rimmed cocktail glasses.

Notes

¹ Apple cider concentrate can be made by reducing apple juice over medium high heat by about seventy-five percent into a syrup.

Take some time to relax and enjoy this weekend.

Remember life is short, have some fun!