Amaretto Sour recipe

Amaretto, lemon juice (freshly squeezed), Angostura bitters and egg white, shaken and strained into an Old Fashioned glass, garnished with maraschino cherries.

  • 2 mins total
  • 5 ingredients
  • Old Fashioned glass
Amaretto Sour in a rocks glass with an orange wedge and a cherry

Recipe card

Amaretto Sour

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Old Fashioned glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add your amaretto, lemon juice, Angostura bitters, and egg whites to a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake for 15 seconds.
  3. Add ice and then shake again until well chilled.
  4. Add ice to an Old Fashioned glass.
  5. Use a Hawthorne strainer to strain your mix into the glass.
  6. Garnish with maraschino cherries.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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