#35 Cocktail: Between the Sheets

    It is an interesting complex cocktail that is also called a Maiden's Prayer. The Between The Sheets was created by Harry MacElhone, bartender at the eponymous Harry’s New York Bar in Paris, in the 1930’s. Its recipe is a variation on the Sidecar, but where the Sidecar uses two parts Cognac, the Between The Sheets instead uses a mix of one part Cognac and one part light rum.
     Even with the addition of rum, Cognac still remains the dominant flavour, though the rum is there in the background somewhere. It doesn’t quite have the character of the Sidecar, but the Between The Sheets stands up well as a nicely balanced member of the sour family. It’s sort of a summer Sidecar – all the great taste of a Sidecar but less of the warming feeling you get from Cognac.

(Jay over at Oh Gosh!)

1 ounce cognac

1 ounce light rum

1 ounce triple sec

3/4 lemon juice