Redheaded Stepchild




From "In the Land of Cocktails", by Ti Adelaide Martin and Lally Brennan

  • 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 lemon wedge
  • 2 ounces peach brandy
  • 1 ounce Calvados
  • 1 ounce orange juice
Combine the sugar and cayenne pepper on a saucer and mix well. Wet half of the rim of a chilled Martini glass with the lemon wedge and dip into the sugar-cayenne mixture. Set aside. Combine the brandy, Calvados, and orange juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into the prepared glass and serve immediately.

Makes 1 cocktail.