Showing posts with label sugar (demarara). Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar (demarara). Show all posts

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Hot Toddy

2 oz single malt Scotch (or other spirit)
3.5 oz boiling water
1 cube (tsp) demarara sugar
lemon peel*

Muddle the sugar (and lemon peel*) in the bottom of an earthenware mug.  Add boiling water and stir to dissolve sugar.  Add Scotch and stir.

*Addition of a lemon peel makes this a Skin.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Whisky Skin

2 oz Scotch
1 piece of pithless lemon peel
1 tsp demarara sugar (inauthentic but optional)

Muddle lemon peel [and sugar] in a dash of boiling water, then add Scotch and more water to the top.

Apple Toddy

2 oz Laird's bonded apple brandy
1 Tbsp demarara
1/2 baked apple

Peel and core apple; wrap in wet brown paper; bake at 350 deg for 30-45 minutes, or until completely soft.

Fill an earthenware mug 1/3 full of boiling water. Stir in the sugar, then add apple brandy and the apple.  Stir until pulp is dissolved.  Fill with more boiling water, and grate nutmeg on top.