Hibiscus Sazerac Recipes

CLASSIC SAZERAC

Steps:

• Muddle the sugar and bitters to a paste in an old-fashioned glass. Fill the glass with ice, add the bourbon and stir for 12 to 15 seconds with a bar spoon or long-handled spoon.
• In a second old-fashioned glass, add the absinthe, swirl to coat the inside of the glass, then discard the excess absinthe. Strain the bourbon mixture into the absinthe-rinsed glass.
• Serve without ice, neat. Garnish with a lemon peel.

THE ORIGINAL SAZERAC

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.

HIBISCUS SAZERAC

Steps:

• Combine 2 ounces rye whiskey and a dash each of hibiscus syrup and hibiscus bitters in a cocktail shaker with ice; stir well. Add a dash of absinthe to a chilled rocks glass and swirl to coat. Strain the drink into the glass (add fresh ice, if desired). Garnish with a lemon twist.

SAZERAC

Steps:

• Muddle the sugar and bitters in a cocktail shaker until the sugar dissolves. Add the bourbon, Pernod and some ice. Shake to combine. Strain into 4 rocks glasses. Garnish with the lemon peels.

SAZERAC

Steps:

• Pour a splash of the Pernod or pastis into the chilled glass. Swirl to coat the glass, then discard the excess. Soak the sugar cubes with the bitters and drop into the glass. Crush cubes with a spoon or muddle lightly. Add the rye and the 2 ice cubes. Swirl and serve.