Sweet Murray River Sidecar

• 1 three-finger pinch Murray River flake salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice, plus more for wetting rim
• 1 1/2 ounces Cognac or good brandy
• 3/4 ounce triple sec
• 1 strip lemon zest

1. Combine the salt and sugar on a flat plate.
2. Wet the rim of a highball glass with the lemon juice.
3. Place the glass upside down on the plate to rim it with the salt and sugar.
4. Put the glass in the freezer.
5. Combine the Cognac, triple sec, and the 3/4 ounce lemon juice over ice in a shaker and shake well for 5 seconds.
6. Remove the glass from the freezer and strain the drink into the glass.
7. Garnish with a twist of lemon zest.
8. This drink can also be served on the rocks: pour ice and liquor into an old-fashioned glass rimmed with the sugar-salt mixture.

threefinger, sugar, lemon juice, cognac, triple sec, lemon zest

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/sweet-murray-river-sidecar-382476 (may not work)