When making orgeat, you start with almonds and make almond milk. So, why not start with almond milk! Plus, commercial almond milk is supposedly made from bitter almonds which contains benzaldehyde which is tasty. They also yield cyanide, which is why you can’t buy them at the local store! 1…
This is based on “Old Fashioned” Simple Syrup, an idea I got from Jamie Boudreau – famous mixologist. The changes are the brown sugar and different bitters. I prefer my house made bitters, of course, but Fee Brothers Aromatic Bitters works well. Angostura will not work because it lacks the…
Simple syrup is at the base of many cocktails. It is simply equal parts sugar and water. It is best to use equal weights of sugar and water, but you can use volume. To get the sugar into solution, you can heat the two together in a sauce pan on…
