Pisco Sour
2 oz.Pisco
1 oz.lemon juice (fresh squeezed)
1/2 oz.simple (sugar) syrup
1 dashAngostura Bitters
1 dollopegg whites
Shake all ingredients in a metal shaker with cracked ice. Strain into a chilled champagne flute or small goblet. Serve with a lemon twist or a mint sprig.
Pisco is a Peruvian (or Chilean, depending on where you live) pomace brandy, a distillate produced from the remnants of a wine crush. In Italy this spirit is known as grappa, in France it is called marc.