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Sherry Cobbler

Sherry shaken with citrus wheels and poured over a mound of crushed ice: nutty and fruity.

IBA version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Amontillado Sherry

    IBA uses 45 ml each of amontillado and palo cortado

    90 ml / 3.04 US fl oz
  • Sugar
    1 tsp
  • Orange
    0.5 slices
  • Lemon
    0.5 slices

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishBerries, Orange slice, Lemon wheel

Make it

  1. Add the sherry, sugar and the half orange and lemon wheels to a shaker with ice and give it a brief shake.
  2. Fill a julep cup with crushed ice and strain the drink into it.
  3. Garnish with berries and citrus slices and serve with a straw.

Behind the drink

Dickens wrote it into Martin Chuzzlewit (1843–44), and it's credited with popularizing the drinking straw.

Recipe reference

Per the current IBA spec, with amontillado standing in for the palo cortado.

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