Lavender Lemon Pisco Sour Cocktail

Create a unique twist on the classic Peruvian pisco sour cocktail using homemade lavender simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, and pisco from Peru. This cocktail takes only 5 minutes to shake up and has a beautiful egg white foam on top.

If you're looking for a delicious cocktail with beautiful egg white foam on top, you have to learn how to make this lavender lemon-flavored pisco sour.

Pisco sour cocktails are defined by the grape brandy liquor (pisco) and the classic foamy egg white top. This version of the cocktail has a few other flavor enhancers including lavender and lemon.

This is the best creative cocktail to sip on throughout the summer months, or if you're looking for a unique pisco sour recipe to drink.

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• What is Pisco?
• Ingredients You Need
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• Lavender Lemon Pisco Sour Cocktail

What is Pisco?

Pisco is a type of clear brandy made from grapes. It has a very strong smell and tastes smooth with a sweet grape flavor.

The name Peruvian pisco is able to be printed on the label if the distiller has followed these regulations during the creation process:

Each type of liquor has its own set of regulations, which is how we get so many unique tasting spirits.

Ingredients You Need

A Peruvian pisco sour requires very few ingredients. It's really the pisco that shines through in this cocktail. Here's what you'll need:

• Granulated sugar: This ingredient is used to make homemade simple syrup. This is the traditional sweetener used in pisco sour cocktails.
• Dried lavender flowers: Lavender is cooked with sugar to make a lavender-flavored simple syrup. I prefer to use dried flowers because they have a stronger flavor. However, fresh lavender flowers that are graded for culinary use will also work.
• Pisco: There are many popular brands of pisco on the market. I personally love Macchu Pisco, but other popular ones include Pisco Portón, Barsol Pisco, and Pisco 1615.
• Lemon juice: Fresh lemon juice is always preferred to bottled lemon juice.
• Egg whites: This ingredient is iconic to the pisco sour and helps achieve the foamy top.

How To Make This Recipe

Make the Lavender Simple Syrup

First, we're making a lavender simple syrup. This recipe is a rich simple syrup. It's a sweeter, thicker syrup that uses two parts sugar and one part water.

To a small saucepan add the sugar, dried lavender flowers, and 1 cup of water. Then, place it over medium heat and allow it to cook just until the sugar has dissolved. It usually takes about 2 - 4 minutes.

Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the mixture to cool until it has stopped steaming.

At this point, taste the simple syrup and see if it has a strong enough lavender flavor. If the flavor is not strong enough, allow the lavender flowers to steep for an extra 30 - 60 minutes until the desired taste is achieved.

Once you've tasted the simple syrup and are happy with the amount of lavender flavor, place a fine mesh strainer over a bowl. Pour the mixture over the strainer to separate the simple syrup from the lavender flowers.

The last step is transferring the simple syrup to a reuseable bottle. Make sure this bottle has been thoroughly cleaned so the simple syrup lasts a long time.

This recipe makes about 2 cups of lavender simple syrup, which means you'll have leftover syrup to use in a cold brew coffee or other lavender cocktails.

Shake Up the Cocktail

Here's how to make a pisco sour cocktail. It's a fast process that takes under 5 minutes.

Add pisco, lemon juice, lavender simple syrup, and egg whites to a cocktail shaker. We're using a special mixing method used for egg white cocktails called a dry shake. This is used for other popular drinks with a foamy top such as the whiskey sour, clover club, or amaretto sour.

First, perform a dry shake without ice to allow the foam from the egg whites to begin forming. Then, shake the cocktail again, but this time with ice. The second shake with ice gets the drink cold and strengthens the foam.

Finally, strain the cocktail using a Hawthorne strainer into a chilled lowball or Nick & Nora glass. Optionally, garnish the pisco sour with a lemon slice and some dried lavender flowers.

Expert Tips

• Pisco sours are served straight up (meaning without ice). For a super cold cocktail, try chilling the serving glass. Simply place the serving glass in the freezer 30 - 45 minutes before making the cocktail.
• For a super smooth cocktail, double strain with a mesh strainer and a Hawthorne strainer. This helps to ensure there are no ice crystals in the drink.
• The lavender simple syrup will yield 2 scant cups. This is more than you will need for one cocktail. You can store the leftover simple syrup in the refrigerator for up to 2 months and use it in other cocktails, drinks, and coffee.

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