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Nightshade

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A milk clarified cocktail with chocolate infused bourbon, orange, aperitivo americana rosso and simple syrup

Ingredients

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Cocoa Nib Infused Bourbon

  • 2 oz sweet cacao nibs
  • 8 oz wheated bourbon – about 85–86 proof

Lactic Acid Solution

  • 6 grams food grade lactic acid powder
  • 60 grams filtered water

Nightshade Cocktail

  • 12 oz Sirene Aperitivo Americano Rosso
  • 6 oz chocolate bourbon
  • 6 oz cara cara orange juice
  • .5 oz simple syrup
  • 1 tsp lactic acid solution
  • 6 oz whole milk

Instructions

  1. Place the cocoa nibs and bourbon in a jar, cover tightly, shake and let it rest overnight
  2. Strain out the nibs through a cheesecloth lined fine mesh strainer and reserve the bourbon
  3. Batch the cocktail in a quart jar, add a teaspoon of lactic acid and stir
  4. Slowly pour the milk into the batched cocktail and stir gently once
  5. Cover tightly and refrigerate the curdled milk cocktail in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours
  6. Strain with a fine mesh strainer. Strain again with a cheesecloth lined strainer. Finish by straining through a coffee filter
  7. Pour, garnish and serve

Find it online: https://www.cooksavorcelebrate.com/nightshade/