Apple Sidecar

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/2 fresh vanilla bean
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 blood orange (to yield 1 ounce blood orange juice)
• 2 ounces calvados
• 1 ounce grand marnier
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 prepare vanilla sugar to rim the glass the day before: cut the vanilla bean lengthwise in half and scrape out the seed. add the seed to the sugar and make sure the seeds are well-mixed with the sugar. place the mixture in an airtight container and let rest overnight.
• 2 coat the glass rim with sugar: place vanilla sugar in a shallow bowl or on a plate. moisten the edge of a martini glass by rubbing a wedge of the blood orange around the rim. hold the glass upside down above the sugar and spoon vanilla sugar over the outer rim of the glass.
• 3 add calvados, grand marnier, lemon juice, blood orange juice, and ice into a cocktail shaker. shake for approximately 10 seconds and strain into prepared glass.
• 4 if you want to make a batch of drinks ahead of time for a party, you can combine all of the ingredients without ice and keep it refrigerated in a pitcher. then when one of your guests wants a drink, simply add ice to a cocktail shaker, pour in the sidecar mixture, shake, strain, and serve.