Cocktail recipe

Brandy Crusta

A stirred cocktail featuring Brandy, Maraschino, Orange Curaçao.

Brandy Crusta cocktail

Ingredients

  • 52 ml Brandy
  • 7 ml Maraschino Liqueur
  • 1 barspoon Orange Curaçao
  • 15 ml Lemon Juice
  • 1 barspoon Simple Syrup
  • 2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Method

  1. For the traditional crust, moisten the rim with citrus, coat it with sugar, and fit a long strip of lemon or orange peel inside the glass before mixing.
  2. Combine Brandy, Maraschino Liqueur, Orange Curaçao, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup and Angostura aromatic bitters in a mixing glass with ice.
  3. Stir until cold and diluted.
  4. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass.

Story

Joseph Santini created it in New Orleans in the 1850s, with a sugared 'crust' on the rim and a whole lemon peel lining the glass. It is the ancestor of the Sidecar and most other sours with liqueur.