Exploding Sidecar Recipe
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The 2010 Oscar-winning film The Hurt Locker, about an Army bomb squad unit in Iraq, calls for a drink that sparks the palate and detonates the senses. We present … the Exploding Sidecar.
This recipe was featured as part of our Best Picture Cocktails story.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 ounce brandy
- 3/4 ounce Cointreau
- 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
- Ice
- Orange peel, for garnish
INSTRUCTIONS
- Combine all ingredients except the orange peel in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into a cocktail glass.
- Garnish with a flaming orange peel.
I think my sidecar tastes better and packs a bigger punch:
In a shaker place
2 ounces Cognac
1 ounce cointreau
Juice of 1 lime
Splash of Maraschino Cherry Juice
Add Ice
Shake until shaker is almost too cold to hold
Place 2 maraschino cherries on skewer and place in glass
Pour contents from shaker into glass and enjoy!
Don't worry about the connotation, bushwick. I'll vouch that the guys at my VFW chapter got a huge laugh when we ordered rounds of Irish Car Bombs for our buddies and family members going to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Gallows humor might be the worst kind of humor, but that doesn't make it any less funny...
While I'm sure this drink may be quite tasty, there's something a bit disturbing about the name and the "IED meets cocktail" depiction.