Old Fashioned Recipe: The Classic with a Blood Orange Twist
How to make an Old Fashioned cocktail with bourbon, sugar, bitters, and a dehydrated blood orange wheel.
An Old Fashioned is bourbon (or rye), a sugar cube, two dashes of Angostura bitters, and an orange garnish, stirred over a single large ice cube. This version uses a dehydrated blood orange wheel for deeper aroma and a longer-lasting garnish than fresh peel.
4 minutes 1 servingGarnish: Dehydrated blood orange
Ingredients
- 60ml bourbon
- 1 sugar cube (or 1 tsp demerara syrup)
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters
- 1 Batch & Peel dehydrated blood orange wheel
Method
- 1
Place the sugar cube in a rocks glass and saturate with the bitters and a small splash of water.
- 2
Muddle until dissolved, then add a single large ice cube.
- 3
Pour the bourbon over the ice and stir gently for around 20 seconds to chill and dilute.
- 4
Float a Batch & Peel blood orange wheel on top. Express the aroma over the glass before serving.
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