Name: Chocolate Sazerac
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 15 ml Absinthe verte; 60 ml Whiskey - Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Crème de cacao liqueur (white); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 2 Peychaud's / Creole bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist (discarded) & apple wedge

How to make:

Fill glass with ice, POUR in absinthe, top up with water and leave the mixture to stand in the glass. Separately STIR bourbon, cacao, sugar and bitters with ice. Finally discard contents of glass (absinthe, water and ice) and strain contents of shaker into empty absinthe-coated glass.

1/2 fl oz	La Fée Parisienne absinthe
2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1/2 fl oz	Dutch Cacao white crème de cacao
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
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£ 8.75 £ 0.44 per cocktail, makes 20

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Review:

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

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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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.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Chocolate Sazerac contains 277 calories.

Alcohol content:

2.2 standard drinks
31.27% alc./vol. (62.54° proof)
30.7 grams of pure alcohol

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