The Sazerac

The official cocktail of New Orleans, and often referred to as the oldest American cocktail -- the Sazerac is a fine choice for those who like the taste of Rye.

Ingredients

• 1/2 teaspoon absinthe
• 1 teaspoon of simple syrup
• 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters
• 1 small dash of Angostura bitters
• 2 ounces rye
• Strip of lemon peel

Technique

1. Add absinthe to the empty cocktail glass, swirl, then dump out.
2. Fill a mixing glass with ice, add rye, bitters, simple syrup -- stir for 30 seconds.
3. Strain into cocktail glass.
4. Squeeze the lemon peel over the cocktail glass, drop it in.
5. Enjoy.