Emma A Cocktail with a festive twist
Christmas cocktails usually involve fizz or maybe some warm mulled wine. This year, Mike Aikman from Bramble and Mothership in Edinburgh has shared his recipe for a festive old fashioned using Lidl Ben Bracken Highland Single Malt Whisky.
Is there anything more festive than a mince pie?
Old Fashioned Mince Pie Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients:
50ml Ben Bracken Highland Single Malt 10-15ml mince pie syrup
Dash bitters (optional)
100 grams of Lidl’s Belbake Traditional Mincemeat
100 grams of sugar
200ml water
Method
To make the mince pie syrup, Heat mincemeat, sugar and water gently to dissolve sugar, strain
Move onto making the cocktail. Stir over all ingredients over a large block of ice and pour into an old fashioned glass.
Garnish with an orange twist and serve with a mini mince pie on the side
Mince Pie Old Fashioned Cocktail
Ingredients
- 50 ml Ben Bracken Highland Single Malt 10-15ml mince pie syrup
- Dash bitters optional
- 100 grams of Lidl’s Belbake Traditional Mincemeat
- 100 grams of sugar
- 200 ml water
Instructions
- To make the mince pie syrup, Heat mincemeat, sugar and water gently to dissolve sugar, strain
- Move onto making the cocktail. Stir over all ingredients over a large block of ice and pour into an old fashioned glass.
- Garnish with an orange twist and serve with a mini mince pie on the side
What is an old fashioned cocktail?
The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whisky, usually Bourbon. is used. (typIt is traditionally served with ice in an old fashioned glass.
What type of whisky to use in an old fashioned?
Traditionally Bourbon is used in an old fashioned which is smooth with sweet notes. So, I think either a Highland or Speyside would work well. Islay would probably overpower the flavours for me.
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