Sometimes good things come from necessity. Take today’s recipe for example. Thanks to my wife, aka “Lord Overstock” (a moniker I use with the utmost affection), our household had recently experienced an oversupply of limes. This abundance thrust a dilemma in front of us; either we suck down copious amount of cheap Mexican beer or we could use up the excess trying a few lime-based cocktail recipes. Fortunately the vote was unanimous in favor of the latter. Having already celebrated the joys of the amaretto sour, I felt it appropriate to turn to the Vodka Sour next. Most Vodka Sour recipes call for fresh lemon juice but as in many cases, a lime juice substitute makes for a nice twist, providing a sharper citrus flavor. The egg white creates a beautiful layer of foam over the top of the drink, giving the cocktail a unique look. The taste is similar to a vodka gimlet but since we’re using lemon juice here instead of Rose’s lime syrup, the drink is much more apt to make you pucker.
The ingredients are:
2 ounces of Vodka
1/2 ounce of sugar syrup
1 egg white
1 1/2 ounces of fresh lime juice
3 or so drops of Angostura bitters to garnish
Combine all ingredients, except the bitters, in a cocktail shaker with a cup or two of ice. Shake hard for 20 seconds or so and pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish the foam laden top of the drink with drops of bitters. Be gentle; you’d be surprised how potent more than three or four drops can be.
Recommended listening for the Vodka Sour cocktail…icy, cool trip hop from Portishead:
An album perfectly chilled for vodka based drinks. Plus, fitting to this cocktail, one of its best songs is the remarkably Bond theme-esque “Sour Times”. The rest of the disc is equally good, featuring haunting female vocals layered over a variety of beats and samples.
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