Monday, February 16, 2009

The Dixie Whiskey Cocktail

Back to Mr. B. after a big weekend....

Take 2 oz. bourbon, 1 dash bitters, .25 tsp triple sec, .5 tsp. creme de menthe (white), and .5 tsp. powdered sugar. Mix with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

I like this cocktail. You still taste the bourbon, but the powdered sugar and creme de menthe make it minty and sweet. Shannon, however, thinks it is especially foul.

Once again we substituted an ingredient. Since we had green creme de menthe on hand we used that instead. Wikipedia assured us that the only difference is color. The bilious look of the finished product made me understand why the clear version is the preferred one.

This recipe also confused me a little. According to the conversion chart at the beginning of Mr. Boston, 1 dash is .25 teaspoon. Why one item would be listed as one dash and one as .25 tsp. in the same recipe is beyond me.

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