Vieux Carré Recipe
The name of this cocktail translates to the “Old Square,” referring to where it was originally created: the French Quarter in New Orleans.
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Ingredients
- 3/4 oz Rye Whiskey or sub Bourbon
- 3/4 oz Cognac
- 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
- 1/4 oz Benedictine + 2 teaspoons (heavy 1/4 ounce pour)
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- 2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
- 1 Lemon Peel for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing glass, combine all ingredients with ice cubes.
- Stir until chilled (approximately 15 seconds), and then strain into a chilled cocktail glass without ice OR into a rocks glass/Old Fashioned glass with ice (more traditional, but we prefer it up, without ice).
- Express the oil from lemon peel across the top of the cocktail, and garnish with lemon twist or even a cocktail cherry.