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Chocolate Sazerac

After dinner/digestif · Short and stirred · Spirit-forward

4.0 79 ratings

Ingredients

1/2 oz Absinthe
2 oz Bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz White crème de cacao
1/4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
2 dash Creole bitters

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

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

Method

  1. 3 Fill glass with ice, POUR in absinthe, top up with water and leave the mixture to stand in the glass.
  2. 4 Separately, STIR bourbon, cacao, sugar and bitters with ice.
  3. 5 Discard contents of glass (absinthe, water and ice) and STRAIN stirred cocktail into empty absinthe-coated glass.

Garnish

  1. 6 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.

Flavour profile

33.1% alc./vol. · 2.3 standard drinks · 276 calories

History

Absinthe, bourbon, and chocolate are paired effectively in this Sazerac variation.

Tonin Kacaj created this drink in 2005 at Maze, a restaurant in London, England. Further historical details on the Sazerac cocktail can be found on its dedicated page.

Created by Tonin Kacaj