Brandy Crusta

Name: Brandy Crusta
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American

Recipe: Dave Castillo , Truss and Twine , Palm Springs

Photo: Audrey Ma

April 04, 2017

The classic recipe gets an extra layer of flavor.

The Brandy Crusta is one of the few cocktails that you garnish before making the drink. At Truss and Twine in Palm Springs, bar manager Dave Castillo adds a smidgen of maraschino liqueur for extra aromatics.

Ingredients

2 oz. Cognac
½ oz. orange curaçao
½ oz. fresh lemon juice
½ oz. maraschino liqueur
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Tools:shaker, strainer
Glass:cocktail
Garnish:sugar rim and lemon curl

Preparation

Cut a lemon in half. Pare the full peel off half and squeeze the juice from the lemon. Prepare a glass by moistening the rim with lemon and dipping it in sugar, then carefully curling the lemon peel around the inside of the glass. Combine all of the ingredients in a shaker with ice, shake and strain into glass and add 1 small cube of ice.