Phenomenal Phoods

Smoked Vanilla Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

For the vanilla simple syrup

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 teaspoons Taylor & Colledge vanilla bean paste

For the smoked old fashioned

• 1/2 ounce vanilla bean simple syrup
• 2 ounces bourbon
• 2–3 drops angostura (traditional), orange or cardamom bitters
• Ice for stirring
• 1 large ice cube for drinking
• Orange slice
• 2 sprigs dried rosemary

Instructions:

For the vanilla simple syrup

1. Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-low heat. Reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes. Let cool before making your cocktail.
2. Store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

For the smoked old fashioned

1. Combine the simple syrup, bourbon and bitters in a shaker or large glass.
2. Add a couple scoops of ice and use a cocktail stirring spoon to stir around the outside of the glass, keeping the ice together.
3. Strain the mixture into a smaller cocktail glass over 1 large ice cube.
4. Add and orange slice and a sprig of rosemary.
5. Use a cocktail smoker and some dried rosemary to smoke the cocktail under something like a cake dome for 15 seconds.