Brandy Crusta Recipes: • 2 ounces cognac • 1 teaspoon Grand Marnier • 1 teaspoon Maraschino • 1/2 teaspoon simple syrup • 2 teaspoons lemon juice • 2 dashes bitters • lemon peel

Preparation:

Stir the ingredients well with cracked ice, then strain into chilled small wineglass that has been lined with the thin-pared peel of half a lemon* and had its rim wet with lemon juice and dipped in superfine sugar. Note: Most modern recipes call for too much lemon juice and too much liqueur. Unlike modern cocktails, the point here isn’t to submerge the flavor of the liquor in some greater whole, but to merely accent it and soften some of its edge.