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Truffle & Tomato Old Fashioned

The truffle and tomato old fashioned on a pink marble slab and garnish with 3 cherry tomatoes .
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This Truffle & Tomato Old Fashioned is earthy, savory, slightly sweet, and deeply complex, this cocktail uses fat-washed truffle oil bourbon and a homemade cherry tomato brown sugar syrup to take the classic old fashioned in an exciting and tomatoy new direction.

Ingredients

For the truffle bourbon:

  • 1/4 cup truffle oil
  • 1 1/2 cups bourbon

For the syrup:

  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes 
  • 1 cup brown sugar

For the cocktail

  • 2 ounces truffle bourbon
  • 1 ounce tomato syrup
  • 1 dash orange bitters

Instructions

  1. Start by making the fat-washed bourbon. Add 1/4 cup truffle oil and 1 1/2 cups bourbon to a mason jar. Seal, shake, and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour, then chill for 24 hours. After 24 hours, strain. 
  2. Next, make the tomato syrup by combining 2 cups of cherry tomatoes, 2 cups of water, and 1 cup of brown sugar in a small pot. Cover and simmer until the tomatoes are soft and bursting. Use a spatula or spoon to press all the remaining juice out of the tomatoes. Uncover and let simmer 30 minutes more. Finally, let the mixture cool, then strain through a fine mesh strainer. 
  3. Make the cocktail by combining 2 ounces of the truffle oil bourbon, 1 ounce of the tomato syrup, and 1 dash of orange bitters.
  4. Garnish with cherry tomatoes and orange. 

Notes

Syrup makes 1-1 1/4 cups 

Find it online: https://thegandmkitchen.com/truffle-and-tomato-old-fashioned/