Snowball Old Fashioned

Submitted by Food.com

"Recipe Courtesy of Miracle Bar"

 

• Ready In: 13mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 ounces Bourbon
• 1⁄2 ounce gingerbread syrup
• 3 dashes wormwood bitters

• Gingerbread Syrup

• 1100 g water
• 1000 g unbleached cane sugar
• 100 g molasses
• 7 cinnamon sticks
• 8 whole cloves
• 12 whole allspice
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground nutmeg
• 80 g fresh peeled and minced ginger

directions

1. Gingerbread Syrup (yield is approximately 1/2 gallon):

2. Crack or smash the dried spices (do not grind).
3. Toast dry spices in a dry saucepan over medium­high heat, until aromatic.
4. Cool pan, then add water and bring to a boil; allow to boil for 3 minutes.
5. Lower heat and add sugar, ginger and molasses and heat again until simmering and sugar has dissolved.
6. Cool, then pour through a fine mesh strainer to remove graininess of spices and bottle.

7. Snowball Old Fashioned:

8. In a mixing glass, combine all ingredients with cracked ice and stir well.
9. Strain into a Miracle double rocks glass, zest lemon over drink then add ice snowball.