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Old Fashioned Recipe

Name: East End Markets Old Fashioned Recipe
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 6 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 oz Japanese whiskey; 0.5 tsp Simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water) or 1 sugar cube; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 0.25 tsp Water (for muddling sugar cube) or a splash; 1 piece Large ice cube or 1 cup crushed ice; 1 piece Orange peel (for express garnish); 1 piece Optional Luxardo cherry

Inspired by East End Market

Time6m

Serves1

Made with Japanese whiskey

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Ingredients

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Cocktail

2 oz Japanese whiskey1/2 tsp Simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water) or 1 sugar cube2 dashes Angostura bitters1/4 tsp Water (for muddling sugar cube) or a splash1 piece Large ice cube or 1 cup crushed ice1 piece Orange peel (for express garnish)1 piece Optional Luxardo cherry

Method

Cocktail

Prepare glass

Select a chilled Old Fashioned (rocks) glass. If desired, chill the glass briefly by filling it with ice water while you prepare ingredients, then discard the water.

Sweeten

If using a sugar cube: place the sugar cube in the bottom of the glass, add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters and about 1/4 teaspoon of water, then muddle until the sugar is mostly dissolved into a paste. If using simple syrup: add 1/2 teaspoon simple syrup and 2 dashes Angostura bitters to the glass and stir to combine.

Add whiskey

Pour 2 ounces of Japanese whiskey into the glass over the bitters-sugar mixture.

Ice and stir

Add one large clear ice cube (or enough ice to fill the glass). Stir gently with a bar spoon for about 20–30 seconds (10–15 full turns) until the drink is chilled, slightly diluted, and the outside of the glass becomes cold.

Garnish

Express the orange peel over the drink by holding the peel skin-side down 2–3 inches above the surface and giving it a firm squeeze to release oils; then rub the peel around the rim and drop it into the glass. Optionally, add one Luxardo cherry on a pick.

Serve immediately. Enjoy responsibly.