Miso Caramel Old Fashioned
Bourbon sweetened with miso caramel — the umami and salt of the white miso deepens the caramel until it reads as something between candy and dashi. The Old Fashioned format is the perfect carrier for this savory complexity.
Served in a rocks glass · Garnish: Orange peel, flaky sea salt · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bourbon
- 0.5 oz White Miso Caramel Syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 1 dash Orange Bitters
Instructions
- To make miso caramel: dry-caramelize 1 cup sugar to amber; add cream; whisk in 2 tbsp white miso and pinch of salt; cool.
- Combine bourbon, miso caramel syrup, and bitters in a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir 30 seconds.
- Strain over a large cube.
- Garnish with an expressed orange peel and a tiny pinch of flaky sea salt.