My take on the classic bourbon sour, this cocktail recipe has all the goodness of the traditional cocktail with the addition of citrus-y notes thanks to an orange peel infusion. Making orange-scented bourbon is as easy as adding a few strips of peel (a part of the fruit that is usually discarded) to the liquor and allowing it to infuse for 2 or 3 days. A light dusting of cinnamon is the perfect garnish to round out the flavours of this drink.
Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
Orange Scented Bourbon| 250 ml | bourbon |
| 5 strips | orange peel, removed with a vegetable peeler |
Directions
Orange Scented Bourbon
- Add bourbon and orange peel to a mason jar, secure the lid and leave to infuse for 2 or 3 days. There’s no need to refrigerate.
Cocktail
| 1 ½ oz | orange scented bourbon |
| 1 oz | lime juice, freshly squeezed |
| 3 ½ tsp | simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water simmered for 2-3 minutes) |
| 1 oz | egg white (preferably from a carton to avoid wasting the yolk) |
| ice | |
| ground cinnamon, for garnish |
Cocktail
- Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker, cover, and shake vigorously about 10 times. Pour into a rocks glass, ice and all, garnish with a light dusting of cinnamon and serve.
