hello this is chef john from food wishes , with the whiskey sour the hats were
hide a drinkin is the best drink and if that day happens to be a very sunny very
hot day there is no better cocktail to enjoy than a classic whiskey sour and
I'm very excited to be showing you my favorite formula for this incredibly
refreshing super simple absolutely delicious drink in fact the
only problem with this is it might be a little too delicious so as they say
please enjoy responsibly and to get started here what we're gonna do first
is make what's called a double simple serve which means we're gonna add two
part sugar to a pan followed by one part cold fresh water and then once all
that's in there we'll go ahead and turn our heat on to medium and as the name
might indicate this is a very easy thing to make since basically all we have to
do is bring this up to a simmer stirring occasionally
at which point that sugar should be completely dissolved in our mixture nice
and clear and that's it once that happens we will turn off the heat and
I'm gonna go ahead and transfer it into this bowl where we have to let it cool
down completely before we use it and while that's cooling let's go ahead and
talk cocktail shakers and I actually have two both with the same design all
right there's the bottom cannister and then a top piece that has a strainer
built right in which is covered by a third piece which is the cap and while
you can mix the drink just by using one of these I'm actually gonna place a
smaller shaker into the bigger shaker and then shake it this way to make my
drink which I think works out a lot better okay sometimes a vacuums formed
in that top cap can be very hard to get off after you shake and then the last
thing we'll need is one of these strainers for when we serve it into our
glass so that's going to be it as far as the hardware goes and then assuming our
simple syrup is cool we are ready to move on to the software which will start
with two ounces of 100 proof bourbon whiskey which we should be measuring in
with a jigger but I don't own a two ounce one but what I do own is a two
ounce measuring cup also known as a quarter cup and then to our bourbon we
will add exactly one ounce of freshly squeezed lemon juice which absolutely
must be has to be fresh okay if you're not going to use fresh lemons for this
do not make it and then to balance everything out we
will add three quarters of an ounce of our double simple syrup followed by
about five drops of orange or regular bitters which by the way some people
just drip on the top of the drink but personally I think they should be shaken
in and then last but certainly not least we're gonna add believe it or not one
egg white which I think we should separate into a ramekin first just in
case we get any pieces of shell or other weirdness and that's it once that
separated we'll go ahead and dump that in at which point we're gonna proceed to
give this what's called a dry shake and for any shaking activities we're
definitely going to need that smaller canister on the top and we'll make sure
we got a nice tight fit and what we'll do is shake this vigorously for about 30
seconds or so so that all these ingredients are very well combined
before we add our ice because if we put the ice in now that egg white won't
emulsify quite as well and the drink will not get as frothy as we want so we
will shake that for about half a minute and I'm not sure how well you can see it
but that egg does start to get a little bit foamy and then once that set we can
go ahead and finally add some ice but not too much I'm just doing three one by
two inch cubes so there's one plus two more we'll go ahead and place that
smaller shaker back on the top and again make sure we have a nice tight seal at
which point we're gonna give this the old shake of sheikha very very
vigorously for about 45 seconds or so or until our shaker feels extremely cold
and this is kind of hard to do in front of the camera I mean normally I would be
doing this up by my shoulder but unfortunately that's too close to my
face to film so I'm just shaking it in front of me like this but as long as
you're shaking it vigorously it really doesn't matter where you shake so do
that any way you want I mean you are after all the Tom Cruise
of shaken booze and that's it after about 45 seconds or so our shaker should
feel extremely cold and that's it it is now ready to strain into a rocks glass
containing one large fresh ice cube and I'm going to transfer this into my
smaller shaker because the strainer fits a little better and we'll go ahead and
strain this gorgeous liquid over our ice whoops if you can try to get it all in
the glass and if everything's gone according to plan this beautiful white
meringue like foamy heads gonna form at the top which for me makes for a drink
just as beautiful to look at it it is to drink I mean come on how do you
not want to sip on something that looks like that and then it finishes off I
went ahead and did the traditional slice of orange and maraschino cherry except
because I'm fancy I went with a slice of blood orange and a Luxardo cherry and if
I was using regular-sized ice cubes that would have pushed that down in but with
this big extra large square when I'm just gonna lay it across the top and
that's it's how to make Chef John's whiskey sour and I'm gonna go ahead and
lose the fruit here so it's easier to drink but first let me use it to give
this a little stir so you can hopefully see how that egg white gives us drink a
little bit of a thickness which really does create a beautifully rich luxurious
mouthfeel which reminds me let me go ahead and
feel this in my mouth and that my friends is just one of the greatest
cocktails of all time with just the perfect balance between the whiskey the
sour and the sweet elements and thanks to the egg whites not only is this drink
bright and lively and refreshing it's also a little bit creamy and borderline
decadent and yes the egg white is technically optional in the classic old
old-school whiskey sours do not include it so if you're not into it and want to
mix one of these up without it go ahead but personally for me the egg white
really makes this cocktail what it is and of course never drink on an empty
stomach so I went ahead and snacked on my fruit garnish but anyway that's it my
favorite way to make a whiskey sour and as far as my favorite way to drink these
that would be sitting in an Adirondack chair on a hot very sunny day when I
have nothing to do and all day to do it but regardless of where and how you're
gonna enjoy yours I really do hope you give these a try soon so please follow
the links below for the ingredient amounts a principle written recipe and
much more info as usual and is all enjoy
you