Chelsea Sidecar recipe

Name: Chelsea Sidecar
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1.5 oz London Dry Gin; 1 oz Cointreau; 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

The Savoy-era gin-and-lemon sour historically associated with the White Lady name.

Method: Shake · Glass: Coupe glass · Time: 3 min · Difficulty: Intermediate · Family: The Sidecar Family

Ingredients

1.5 oz London Dry Gin
1 oz Cointreau
0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

How to make a Chelsea Sidecar

Add gin, Cointreau and lemon to a shaker with ice.
Shake hard for 12-15 seconds.
Strain into a chilled coupe.
Garnish with a lemon twist.

Garnish

Lemon twist.

Pro tip

Keep the citrus freshly squeezed and the coupe well chilled; the spare formula has nowhere to hide imbalance.

History of the Chelsea Sidecar

Chelsea Sidecar is an early name associated with the gin-based Sidecar-style drink later known as the White Lady.

Flavour profile

Gin, Citrus, Clean, Classic

Variations

White Lady — Return to gin, Cointreau and fresh lemon.
White Lady with Egg White — Add egg white for a stable, silky foam.
Corpse Reviver No. 2 — Add Lillet Blanc and an absinthe rinse.

Practise making the Chelsea Sidecar in the free Virtual Bar game.