9+ Smoked Cherry Old Fashioned Recipe ~ Recipes Popular. (Post On : 21 day 17 hours 7 minute ago). Place the sugar cube and orange peel in a small bowl. Hold the orange peel over glass and twist.
A smoked old fashioned also calls for a bright red cherry to garnish the beverage. By placing food items under a bowl, like the orange peel and sugar cube for our smoked old fashioned, you can infuse the smoke into the food by simply covering the bowl with plastic wrap to trap the smoke inside. Here are the basic steps:
Pour the bourbon, syrup, and bitters into a rocks glass.
Insert the tube from the smoke infuser and fill the bowl with smoke. Make the smoked cherry simple syrup by dissolving 1/2 cup of sugar in 1/2 cup of water in a small sauce pan over low heat. This can be done two ways, either with a smoke infuser or by simply lighting. Smoke 1lb of fresh cherries in a wood smoker with alder wood chips for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until dark and soft.