Sazerac Food

SAZERAC

Steps:

• Store a cocktail glass in the freezer for 15 to 20 minutes before making the cocktail.
• Pour the anise flavored liqueur into the frosted glass and turn to coat the sides. Dump excess liqueur in the sink (or drink it!). Add sugar, water and bitters to the glass, stirring to dissolve. Strain into the glass and pour in the rye. Stir and garnish with a twist of lemon.

CLASSIC SAZERAC

Steps:

• Muddle the sugar and bitters to a paste in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice, add the bourbon and stir for 12 to 15 seconds with a bar spoon or long-handled spoon.
• In a second old-fashioned glass, add the absinthe, swirl to coat the inside of the glass, then discard the excess absinthe. Strain the bourbon mixture into the absinthe-rinsed glass.
• Serve without ice, neat. Garnish with a lemon peel.

SAZERAC

Steps:

• In an ice-filled mixing glass, stir together 3 dashes Peychaud bitters, 3 dashes Angostura bitters, 2 ounces bourbon, and simple syrup or sugar. Into chilled rocks glasses, add a splash of Ricard, swirl, and pour out. Strain the Sazerac into the chilled rocks glasses. Garnish with lemon peels.

SAZERAC

Steps:

• Mix 1 teaspoon sugar, a few dashes each Peychaud's and angostura bitters and a splash of water in a shaker. Add 2 ounces rye, fill with ice and stir. Rinse a chilled old-fashioned glass with anise-flavored liqueur (such as absinthe). Strain into the glass; garnish with a lemon twist.

THE ORIGINAL SAZERAC

Steps:

• Pour a little herbsaint into a frozen rocks glass. Swirl around the inside of the glass and then pour out. In a cocktail shaker with ice, combine the remaining ingredients and shake well. Strain into the herbsaint lined glass.

SAZERAC

Steps:

• Pour a splash of the Pernod or pastis into the chilled glass. Swirl to coat the glass, then discard the excess. Soak the sugar cubes with the bitters and drop into the glass. Crush cubes with a spoon or muddle lightly. Add the rye and the 2 ice cubes. Swirl and serve.

SAZERAC

Steps:

• Take four tumblers and pour the absinthe into the first one. Swirl around to coat the inside of the glass then pour into the next glass. Repeat until all the glasses have been coated with the absinthe. If there's any left, divide it equally between all of the glasses.
• Pour the sugar syrup, both types of bitters and whiskey into a large mixing glass or jug. Add 25ml cold water and a good handful of ice. Stir until the outside of the vessel feels really cold. Taste - if it's too sweet or strong, keep stirring to dilute it further.
• Strain into your prepared glasses. Twist a piece of orange zest over a glass to release a little of the citrus oils, then drop it in. Do this for each of cocktail just before serving.