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The Brown Sugar

Impress your friends and family this holiday season with this richly decadent cocktail featuring Ten To One Dark Rum and Vital Farms Butter.

Recipe Details

  • Servings:
  • Prep Time: 1740 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 1750 minutes

Ingredients

Cocktail

  • oz Ten to One Dark Rum brown butter*
  • oz banana syrup*
  • drops chocolate mole bitters
  • pinch salt
  • twist of orange peel

*Ten To One Dark Rum Brown Butter (make 1 day ahead)

  • oz Ten To One Dark Rum
  • tbsp Vital Farms Butter

*Banana Syrup (make 1 day ahead)

  • ripe bananas (sliced)
  • cup sugar
  • cinnamon stick
  • star anise
  • cup hot water

Instructions

  1. Whisk 4 tbsp sliced butter in skillet at low heat.

  2. Watch carefully as lightly browned specks begin to form at the bottom of the pan. Smell the butter; it should have a nutty aroma.

  3. Combine with 12oz TTO Dark Rum in a heat-resistant bowl.

  4. Store in fridge overnight (the butter will harden and some will separate from the rum, strain any large solids).

  5. Yields 8–10 servings.

  6. Add all ingredients to Ziploc bag, pouring in the warm water last.

  7. Massage ingredients in the bag to dissolve the sugar.

  8. Set aside and allow ingredients to infuse.

  9. Massage every 30 min for 4–5hrs until sugar fully dissolves.

  10. Store in fridge overnight.

  11. Yields 20–24 servings.

  12. Add all ingredients & ice in cocktail shaker, stir to combine.

  13. Strain into glass with ice.

  14. Garnish with an orange twist.