Bohemian Cocktail
In keeping with the Tales of the Cocktail inspired Molecular Mixology theme, I’m going to give you a quick cocktail that employs the technique of fat-washing.
Used popularly by esteemed colleagues in New York (see Tailor and PDT), fat washing is an easy way to add flavors to alcohol that wouldn’t have led to favorable results before this technique. Essentially, fat washing entails infusing high fat foods in alcohol and then freezing the alcohol in order to separate the fatty solids from the liquids. In this cocktail, I’ve used bacon-infused bourbon, but when it comes to this technique, the sky’s the limit (I’ve used popcorn-infused Cognac to good effect as well).
This cocktail was also submitted to that good Slovak magazine, hence the use of Becher’s Cordial, the sponsor of that issue.
Bohemian Cocktail
1 ½ oz bacon-infused bourbon
½ oz Cordial
4 dashes cherry bitters
stir all ingredients with ice
strain into a chilled cocktail glass
Bacon-Infused Bourbon
slow-cook two pieces of bacon
place bacon (along with fat) in a jar with 10 oz Bourbon for at least six hours, shaking occasionally
remove bacon
place jar into a freezer overnight
strain out solid fat pieces
filter bourbon through a coffee filter
The honeyed texture of Cordial practically screamed at me to add this to my bacon-infused bourbon, and indeed it did pair nicely. Cherry bitters were a nice foil to the sweetness of the cordial, but Angostura would work just as well.
Try experimenting with different types of bacon, the one that I used for this cocktail was cherry-wood smoked, (hence the addition of cherry bitters) but different types of bacon are sure to work just as nicely.
Stay tuned, as there will be one more molecular mixology inspired “drink” before I go off to Tales.
Picture by:
Jamie Boudreau
Cocktail Whisperer
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Are the cherry bitters a Boudreau special, as well?
Jason Huynh said this on July 11, 2008 at 1:00 am |
I’ve never seen Becher’s cordial before- is that stateside?
Martin said this on July 11, 2008 at 9:04 am |
I love Becherovka, though- with a good tonic and fresh lemon on the rocks.
Martin said this on July 11, 2008 at 9:07 am |
what is that the berchvodka
calo said this on January 13, 2010 at 2:13 am |
Jason:
They are a Boudreau special and the recipe can be found on my site, or by following the link in this post.
Martin:
To the best of my knowledge, Cordial is not in the States, both bottles were sent from Czech.
Jamie Boudreau said this on July 11, 2008 at 12:29 pm |
hi jamie
i use this technique for make “salmon gin”infuse,”tuna”infuse,swordfish infuse,cheese infuse,pecorino infuse,in my book- barchef and molrcular mixologist- i have many drinks with thats infuses
thanks for your tips
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dario comini said this on September 28, 2008 at 3:08 am |
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This Little Piggy - Meaty Morsels & Musings » Blog Archive » Put that in you drink and smoke it! said this on January 23, 2009 at 7:02 am |
I have no chance to get Becher’s Cordial here in Dubai. Any idea for a substitute?
Dominik MJ • the opinionated alchemist said this on December 7, 2010 at 2:23 am |
Dominik:
Really there are many amaros that will work in this drink. I can’t think of anything off the top of my head that is a perfect match for the cordial: it is quite unusual.
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