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Sazerac (Cognac)
Andy says...
Potentially the original way this cocktail would have been made.
Originating at the Roosevelt Bar of the Waldorf-Astoria, New Orleans. Cognac was a more common spirit prior to American Whiskey, in particular Bourbon, becoming the popular choice.
How to make a Sazerac (Cognac) cocktail at home
Ingredients
- 1 Teaspoon Sugar
- 2 Dashes Aromatic Bitters
- 2 Dashes Peychaud Bitters
- 2.5ml Sparkling Water
- 60ml Cognac
- 5ml Absinthe (To rinse the glass with)
- Garnish - A twist of lemon squeezed over the top then thrown away
Instructions
- Place a rocks glass in the fridge or freezer (Alternatively fill with crushed ice or ice and water and leave to cool)
- Add sugar into an empty mixing glass
- Add both bitters and sparkling water and stir into a paste
- Add 3-4 ice cubes and 30ml of Bourbon
- Stir approximately 30 times
- Add 3-4 more ice cubes and 15ml more Bourbon
- Stir approximately 30 times
- Add 3-4 more ice cubes and 15ml more Bourbon
- Stir approximately 30 times
- Add absinthe to inside of chilled glass and swirl to cover the inside of the glass
- Strain the cocktail into the empty, chilled, absinthe rinsed glass
- Garnish by squeezing a lemon zest over the top of the drink, but do not add it to the glass, simply throw it away (in cavalier fashion!)
Andy's Top Tip - Check out the Bourbon version of this drink too, the recipe is also on this site.
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