Fresh Whiskey Sours

Sunday posts I usually feel compelled to share a meal with you and save the cocktail posts closer to the weekend. Today I changed my mind. It's been a busy week for many of us, traveling, cooking, eating, eating some more, and eating again.  If your cooking groove has been spent for the week, kick-back, eat left-overs (if you have any left), leave the dishes for another day and enjoy a cocktail.

This recipe lacks the traditional sweet and sour mix.  Instead, the sweet and sour is a blend of fresh squeezed lemon and lime juices, with simple syrup.

Fresh Whiskey Sours

Makes 4

Recipe from Ina Garten

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 lemons)

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4 limes)

2/3 cup sugar syrup (see below)

Maraschino cherries

Sugar Syrup

Put 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.  Chill throughly before using.

Directions:

Combine the whiskey, lemon juice, lime juice and syrup.  Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice and fill two-thirds full with the cocktail mixture.  Shake for 30 seconds and pour into glasses.  Add a maraschino cherry and serve ice cold.

Enjoy!