Cherries are the quintessential summer fruit. Don't let their short season pass you by. This cherry-infused bourbon takes five minutes to whip up and after a week it will be ready to enjoy year-round. It's delicious on its own or in a classic old-fashioned cocktail.
Cherry-infused bourbon
Yields 3 cups
Kick back and relax this summer with a cool old-fashioned cocktail. This cherry-infused bourbon adds just the right amount of seasonal flavor.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups bourbon
- 2 cups fresh cherries
Directions:
- Wash two cups of cherries and remove the stems and the pits. Place the cherries in a large Mason jar.
- Add three cups of bourbon to the jar and seal with the lid. Place in a cool dark place for one week. Shake the jar once a day for seven days.
- Using a fine sieve, strain the liquid from the cherries. Store the infused bourbon in a Mason jar in the freezer.
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Old-fashioned cocktail
Serves 1
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 3 dashes bitters
- 1 teaspoon water
- 2 fresh cherries, pitted
- 2 slices orange, including the peel
- 2 ounces cherry-infused bourbon
- Soda water
- Ice cubes
Directions:
1
Step 1
Place one teaspoon of sugar in a glass and add three dashes of bitters.
2
Step 2
Drizzle one teaspoon of water over the sugar. Place one pitted cherry in the glass.
3
Step 3
Add one slice of orange to the glass and muddle the fruit into the sugar.
4
Step 4
Pour two ounces of cherry-infused bourbon into the glass and stir to combine. Add ice cubes to the glass and garnish with remaining cherry and orange slice. Serve as is or add soda water.
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