Pairing Whiskey with Food
Cocktails like Whiskey Matsuri go well with umami-rich dishes.
Easy
20 MIN
Umami Bitters, made by the Japanese Bitters company, are an easy way to add umami notes to any cocktail.
Ingredients
SERVINGS: 1 Cocktail
For umami honey
- 1/3 quart water
- 2/3 quart honey
- 1 ounce umami powder
For cocktail
- 2 ounces Michter’s rye whiskey
- 1/4 ounce umami-infused honey
- 2 dashes fennel bitters
- 10 drops Umami Bitters
- Ice
- Wide lemon peel, for garnish
Instructions
To make umami honey:
1. Combine water and honey in a saucepan over low heat and stir until honey is dissolved. Add umami powder and stir until fully dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
To make cocktail:
2. Add whiskey, umami honey, bitters and ice to mixing glass and stir. Strain over large rock ice in an old fashioned glass and garnish with lemon peel.
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