Best The Original Sazerac Recipes

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CLASSIC SAZERAC



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Simply stirred with lemon peel and a sugar cube, this classic whiskey cocktail is reason enough to buy a bottle of rye.This recipe first appeared on altonbrown.com.

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Categories     Drinks

Time 5m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ice cubes
1 sugar cube
5 dashes Peychaud's bitters
2 fluid ounces rye whiskey
1/2 fluid ounce absinthe
1 (2-inch) lemon peel

Steps:

  • Fill an old-fashioned glass with ice and set aside.
  • Place the sugar cube in a second old-fashioned glass and add the bidders. Muddle these together until the sugar cube is broken and thoroughly mixed with the bitters.
  • Add the rye whiskey and stir until the sugar dissolves.
  • Fill a small spray bottle with the absinthe. Discard the ice cubes and spray the interior of the chilled glass with absinthe.
  • Pour the whiskey mixture into the absinthe-coated glass and twist lemon peel over the cocktail. Serve immediately.

THE ORIGINAL SAZERAC



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Provided by Food Network

Time 5m

Yield 1 serving

Number Of Ingredients 4

Herbsaint or anise flavored liqueur
1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey
1/2-ounce simple syrup
4 dashes Paychauds bitters

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.

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