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A spring-forward update on the iconic whiskey sour, this pretty-in-pink beauty features a vanilla bean-infused rhubarb syrup kissed with rosewater and cardamom. The drink is rounded out with a double shot of Canadian whiskey, a little lemon juice, an egg white, and finished with a crushed rose petal garnish. So fresh and flirty, this delightful sipper will have you seeing the world through rose-colored glasses.
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ingredients
directions
This recipe makes extra rhubarb syrup. Add 1 oz to sparkling water for a gently flavoured homemade soda. The syrup keeps for 3 weeks in the fridge.
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Place the water, rhubarb, sugar, cardamom, vanilla bean paste, and rose water in a skillet. Bring the mixture up to a boil before reducing it to a simmer. Let cook for 20 minutes.
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Pour the mixture through a fine mesh strainer and, using a muddler, extract as much juice as possible. Transfer the syrup to a heat-proof jar and set it aside to cool.
![Rhubarb vanilla bean syrup being strained into a bowl.](https://api.vip.foodnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/vanilla-bean-rhubarb-sour-3.jpg?w=3840&quality=75)
Place the whiskey, lemon juice, egg white, and one ounce of the cooled rhubarb syrup in a cocktail shaker. Dry shake the ingredients together until foamy. Add several ice cubes to the shaker and shake again until frost forms on the sides of the cup.
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Strain the finished drink into a chilled double rocks glass with a large ice cube.
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Crush the rose petals and sprinkle them over the surface of the drink. Serve immediately.
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