Emeril's Sazerac Cocktail

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• sugar, 1 lump
• 3 drops peychaud's bitters
• 1 dash angostura bitters
• 3 ounces rye whiskey, 1 jigger
• 1 dash herbsaint or 1 dash pernod liqueur
• 1 piece lemon peel

Recipe

• 1 fill a small old-fashioned glass with cracked ice and set aside.
• 2 in another small old-fashioned glass, put the lump of sugar and just enough water to moisten it.
• 3 with a spoon, crush the sugar, then add the peychaud’s bitters, angostura bitters, whiskey, and several ice cubes.
• 4 stir. never use a shaker.
• 5 empty the first glass of ice, add the herbsaint or pernod, twirl the glass around, and shake the liqueur out.
• 6 strain the whiskey mixture into the glass, twist in the lemon peel, and serve immediately.