Ollie Irene's Tallulah Cocktail Recipe
Ollie Irene's Tallulah Cocktail Recipe
This is one of the first cocktails created for Mountain Brook, AL’s restaurant Ollie Irene, and is an adult twist on the Southern custom of throwing a few salted peanuts into a Coke bottle and allowing it to marinate until the last sip. It’s simple to put together – just combine Jack Daniels, Coke, and peanut orgeat (an old fashioned peanut syrup).
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Servings
1
servings
Ingredients
- 2 cup peanuts, roasted and unsalted
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon orange flower water
- 1 ounce brandy
- 1 3/4 ounce jack daniel's
- peanut orgeat
- 1 can coca-cola
- roasted peanuts, for garnish
Directions
- Place the peanuts in a food processor and process.
- Place the sugar and water in a sauce pan over medium hit and stir constantly until the sugar dissolves. Allow the mixture to boil, stirring constantly, until it becomes a simple syrup, about 3 minutes. Add the peanuts to the simple syrup, continue stirring, and lower the heat and bring the mixture to a simmer. Keep stirring while slowly bringing up the heat to a boil.
- Once it begins to boil, remove the mixture from the heat and cover. Steep the mixture for 6 hours.
- Strain the mixture in a few layers of cheesecloth, discarding the peanuts, and allow it to sit overnight. Mix the orange flower water and brandy into the peanut syrup.
- Fill a rocks glass with ice. Add the Jack Daniels and peanut orgeat. Stir. Top off with coke and garnish with roasted peanuts.