lauantai 2. maaliskuuta 2013

Benton's Old Fashioned

BENTON'S OLD FASHIONED
(Molecular Mixology!)


This cocktail has been inspired by Jamie Boudreau and the PDT Cocktail Book (2011). What I did:

I fried a lot of bacon on the pan, collected the fat from it (picture 1) (I had to use clarified butter, I explain this later) and mixed it with a cup of Jim Beam bourbon. I let it sit in room temperature for an hour while mixing the concoction a few times (picture 2). After this I put the jar in the freezer for an hour freezing the fat part solid (picture 3). I removed the fat and used coffee filters to strain the now bacon fat - infused bourbon into a clean, sterile bottle (picture 4 and 5)



This bourbon I then used to make a Benton's Old Fashioned!

  • 5 cl fat-infused bourbon
  • 1 cl maple syrup
  • dash angostura bitters
  • orange zest/twist for garnish
Stir the ingredients well in the mixing glass. Strain into a tumbler filled with ice and garnish with a (flamed) orange zest.

I really liked this cocktail! I'm a big fan of Old Fashioneds and this cocktail really convinced me. I could clearly taste the bacon from the bourbon and the maple syrup's sweetness combined with the essential oils from the orange...nice.

Summa summarum, I had fun making a rather different kind of cocktail. If I ever were to do this again, I would use different kind of bacon and most likely an oven instead of a frying pan.

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