SOUR-CHERRY OLD-FASHIONED

Sour-Cherry Old-Fashioned image

Sour cherries are too tart to eat raw, but go down amazingly easy when you muddle them with sugar and douse them with whiskey in this spin on a classic old fashioned.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Time 5m

Yield 1 cocktail.

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 sour cherries, stemmed and pitted
One 2-inch strip orange peel
1 sugar cube (or ½ teaspoon sugar)
2 or 3 dashes bitters
2 ounces rye or bourbon.

Steps:

Put the cherries, orange peel, sugar and bitters in an old-fashioned glass; crush the sugar and cherries with a muddler, spoon or anything else that will get the job done. Fill the glass with ice, add the whiskey and stir until the drink is cold, about a dozen times.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 176, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 7 grams, Fat 0 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 0 milligrams, Sugar 6 grams