The Cupid’s Cup – a Pisco Sour Variation |

The Cupid’s Cup is a scrumptious variation of the Pisco Sour. This easy pisco drink is a little bit bitter and a little bit bitter, the proper steadiness that you just’ll fall head over heels in love with! Move over Pisco Sour, the Cupid’s Cup is right here to remain!

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Have you tried pisco earlier than?  If you haven’t, you want to combine up this pisco bitter recipe variation ASAP so you possibly can fall in love with it. If you’ve got, little question you’re already in love with pisco, so that you also needs to positively combine up this cocktail as quickly as you possibly can! Pisco is a grape brandy and may solely be made in both Peru or Chile (each strongly declare it belongs to them, and most pisco lovers have a choice. It can turn out to be fairly a heated matter so I shall go away it at that!). Pisco has a easy style with hints of grape and apple, it additionally has a light-weight natural earthiness to it that I might liken to tequila – nevertheless Pisco is certainly distinctive and any comparability to a different spirit will definitely fail.

The most well-known pisco cocktail recipe is, after all, the Pisco Sour. With the traditional bitter mixture of lime juice and egg whites, with angostura bitters – you actually can’t go unsuitable. And whereas it’s scrumptious, whether or not you utilize a Peruvian Pisco Sour recipe or a Chilean Pisco Sour recipe, it positively shouldn’t be the place you cease your Pisco adventures. There are quite a lot of actually nice Pisco cocktail recipes on the market along with the Pisco Sour, such because the El Capitán, Pisco Punch, and The Chilcano, in the present day I’m brining you a variation of the Pisco Sour that solely strays from the traditional recipe, however provides you a extremely totally different, and simply as scrumptious, cocktail.

I like The Cupid’s Cup much more than I like the traditional Pisco Sour – yeah, I stated it! There are in all probability a couple of Pisco purists on the market that can have palpitations studying that sentence! But whereas the classics are superb and are classics for a motive, I feel it’s simply plain boring to not experiment in mixology! So I positively advocate having fun with and appreciating the traditional Pisco Sour, but additionally don’t be afraid to unfold your pisco wings a little bit. The Cupid’s Cup is a superb place to begin, you also needs to take a look at this Blood Orange Pisco Cocktail for one more scrumptious possibility!

And how might you not love The Cupid’s Cup? The Aperol not solely balances out the bitter notes with a little bit bitterness, nevertheless it additionally provides it that attractive orange/peach color. I’ve used each lime and lemon juice on this cocktail recipe, and I adore it each methods however barely choose the extra bitter lemon juice. A standard Pisco Sour is made with contemporary lime juice (really, the Peruvian recipe requires limones, that are much like key limes) however since we’re already wandering off the pisco bitter path, we’re going with lemon juice on this recipe.

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We, after all, have egg white on this Pisco Sour variation, for that easy and creamy end – I actually advocate utilizing contemporary egg whites for this as the feel is smoother than the pasteurised egg whites you get in a carton, nevertheless you should utilize them when you’re actually nervous about utilizing contemporary uncooked egg whites. The garnish for The Cupid’s Cup is a single contemporary mint leaf, that you just gently bruise by clapping it between your palms to launch the oils. 

The identify of this pisco cocktail, and it’s attractive color, means it’s the good cocktail to serve for Valentine’s Day or  Galentine’s Day… or each! It is ideal for sharing along with your boo. But, after all, you can also make up as many as you prefer to serve all of your girlfriends at a Galentine’s Day brunch, or even perhaps an anti-Valentine’s day celebration! The Cupid’s Cup can also be the proper cocktail to serve for Mother’s Day or as Brunch cocktail, and it makes an important before-dinner aperitif cocktail.

 So, let’s get mixing!