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Figgy Fashioned
Autumn 2023
Skip all the à la minute muddling with this Old Fashioned riff that simultaneously mixes the drink and infuses the spirit with fresh figs, a fruit that we’re likely to see more of in Ontario as backyard farmers twig to the fact that it’s a hardy tree that we can cultivate right here at home, especially as the climate warms.
Makes 4 drinks
6 oz dark, aged rum (such as Havana Club 7 or Appleton 8)
1/4 cup (60 g) fresh fig flesh, cut in chunks
4 sugar cubes (or 4 tsp/20 mL sugar)
2 dashes (2 mL) orange bitters
4 dashes (4 mL) Angostura bitters
4 orange twists
1. Fill a sous vide bag with the rum, fig meat, sugar cubes and orange bitters, and seal the bag tightly. Immerse the bag in either a crock pot on low or a sous vide cooker. Infuse for 3 hours.
2. Strain contents of bag through a fine cocktail strainer or mesh sieve into a small pitcher and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
3. Divide mixture into four parts and pour each portion into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Add a healthy dash of Angostura bitters to each glass and garnish with a twist of orange.
Makes 4 drinks
