Applejack Cobbler

Recipe

For the Fresh Cranberry Sauce:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 package (12 ounces) fresh cranberries

For the Cocktail:

• 1 cup Fresh Cranberry Sauce
• 3 1/2 ounces orange juice (not fresh squeezed, commercial juice will have more consistent flavor, and more sugar)
• 2 1/2 ounces pomegranate molasses
• 11 dashes Angostura bitters
• 2 cups Laird's Applejack
• 1/2 cup Punt e Mes
• 1/2 cup Schonauer Apfel Apple Schnapps

Directions

1. Combine the sugar and water in a medium saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil. Add cranberries, return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until sauce thickens, about 10 minutes. Allow the sauce to cool 15 minutes before using. Leftover cranberry sauce can be refrigerated up to 1 week.
2. Measure cranberry sauce, orange juice, pomegranate molasses, and bitters into a quart-sized pitcher. Add applejack, Punt e Mes, and apple schnapps. Blend with an immersion blender until smooth. Serve immediately or refrigerate up to four hours.
3. To serve, pour 1 cup of cocktail mixture into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake for 15 seconds, then strain evenly into two cocktail glasses. Repeat as needed.

APPLEJACK COBBLER (1 GALLON) (REV 12.5.15)

• 8 cups - Lairds Applejack (NOT Bonded)
• 2 cups - Punt e Mes
• 2 Cups – Schonauer preferred (or Berentzens) Apple Schnapps
• 4 Cups – Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce (4 cups / = 2 BAGS see below recipe)
• 2 Tablespoons (which equals 1 tablespoon per each bag of Cranberry) BRAGG’S Apple Cider Vinegar – ACV- (this ingredient is a new addition)
• 14 oz - Florida Natural or Tropicana Orange juice (DO NOT use fresh-squeezed OJ, it doesn’t have enough sugar, and is inconsistent in flavor).

8 24 Dashes of Angostura bitters

• 1 -bottle (14 ounce) Al Wadi Pomegranate Molasses
• 1 - 16 oz Bottle Fiji water (for dilution)

Cranberry Sauce Recipe

(This is the same recipe that is on the back of the bag of cranberries)

• 1 Cup Water
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 12-oz. Bag Ocean Spray Cranberries
• 1 Tablespoon Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar per each bag of cranberry

Directions

• Follow cooking directions on cranberry package, use a potato masher on cranberries while they are cooking, but do make sure cranberries are cooked through.
• After cranberries are ready, add apple cider vinegar, and stir well to incorporate.
• Then immediately add Applejack, Punt e Mes & Apple Schnapps, and zap with stick blender to emulsify cranberry pulp. (We pulse with a stick blender at this point because we need to add alcohol to the cranberry sauce in order to prevent it from gelling—but- we don’t want to add too much liquid (which increases the difficulty of capturing the cranberry pulp under the blades).
• Once the liquid is emulsified, now add the OJ, pomegranate molasses, angostura bitters, and ¼ teaspoon (not quarter ounce) of saline solution. Whisk well to blend.
• Add water to batch, and bottle. Fill each bottle only 3/4 to the top. This will provide headspace in bottle so that it has room to be shaken.
• NEW: WITH THE ADDITION OF SALT, THIS RECIPE NOW NEEDS TO REST FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE SERVING
• Garnish with Cape Gooseberry

Source

Audrey Saunders, 2004 Bemelmans Bar

External Links

• How to Make Pegu Club's Applejack Cobbler at Home (Serious Eats)
• Applejack Cobbler Recipe (Serious Eats)
• The Applejack Cobbler (video) (Forbes Magazine)
• Applejack Cobbler Recipe (NYT Cooking)