Chocolate Sazerac

Chocolate Sazerac

  • Potent
  • Neutral
Not rated yet

Ingredients

  • 1⁄2 oz La Fée Parisienne absinthe
  • 2 oz Bulleit Bourbon
  • 1⁄2 oz White crème de cacao liqueur
  • 1⁄4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
  • 2 dash Peychaud's Aromatic Bitters

Method

Glassware:

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method:

  1. Fill glass with ice, POUR in absinthe, top up with water and leave the mixture to stand in the glass.
  2. Separately, STIR bourbon, cacao, sugar and bitters with ice.
  3. Discard contents of glass (absinthe, water and ice) and STRAIN stirred cocktail into empty absinthe-coated glass.

Garnish:

  1. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Sazerac contains 276 calories

History:

Created in 2005 by Tonin Kacaj at Maze, London, England.

The history of the Sazerac cocktail can be found on our Sazerac cocktail page.

Review:

This twist on the classic Sazerac pairs absinthe, bourbon and chocolate to great effect.