Stollen Sour

⏱ 20 mins 🍽 Makes 4 🌶 german ✅ More effort 🏷 Drink

This sweet and spiced German cocktail is an ideal festive drink. It combines amaretto, madeira and fresh lemon juice with a homemade syrup infused with cinnamon, mixed spice and citrus zest. The drink is shaken and strained over crushed ice, then garnished with a skewer of dried fruits soaked in orange liqueur. Perfect for serving at a Christmas gathering, it makes four portions and takes about 20 minutes to prepare, including time for the syrup to chill.

Stollen Sour

Ingredients

  • 8 sultanas
  • 1 dried apricot quartered
  • 4 cocktail cherries
  • 4 dried cranberries
  • 1 tsp orange liqueur
  • 150ml amaretto
  • 100ml freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
  • 75ml madeira
  • crushed ice
  • 100g golden caster sugar
  • thick strip pared orange zest
  • thick strip pared lemon zest
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • good grating of nutmeg
  • 4 cocktail sticks

Method

  1. Begin by preparing the spiced syrup. Combine all the syrup ingredients in a saucepan with 100ml water. Warm the mixture until it reaches a boil, then remove from the heat and let it cool completely. Pass the cooled syrup through a fine sieve into a jug and refrigerate. This syrup can be prepared up to 1 week in advance.
  2. As the syrup chills, place the sultanas, apricot pieces, cherries and cranberries into a small bowl. Pour the orange liqueur over the fruits and allow them to macerate for approximately 30 mins, though they can steep for up to 24 hrs.
  3. To assemble the drinks, take 4 cocktail sticks and spear 2 sultanas, one apricot quarter, a cherry and a cranberry onto each stick. Prepare four tumblers by filling them with crushed ice.
  4. Combine the amaretto, lemon juice, madeira and 50ml of the chilled spiced syrup in a cocktail shaker, adding any remaining orange liqueur from the fruit bowl. Add a handful of ice to the shaker and shake vigorously until the exterior feels very cold. Strain the mixture into the prepared glasses. Finish each drink with a dried fruit skewer and serve straight away.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories259 kcal
Carbs44 g
Sugars43 g
Protein1 g
Sodium320 mg

Recipe details

Skill levelMore effort
CategoryDrink
Cuisinegerman
DietGluten-free