Maple Syrup in Cooking

Using pure maple syrup as a healthy alternative to sugar in baked goods and deserts is easy as pie. Follow these simple conversion tips:

• Substitute sugar for an equal amount of maple syrup.

• For each cup of syrup, reduce the quantity of liquid ingredients in the recipe (water, milk, juice) by about a quarter of a cup.

• Maple syrup can also serve as a one-to-one substitution for other liquid sweeteners, such as honey, molasses and corn syrup.

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Filibuster Recipe

August 15th, 2011

By Erik Adkins, The Slanted Door – San Francisco

Yield: 1 cocktail

Ingredients:

2 ounces rye whiskey (suggested: Sazerac 6-year)
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 ounce pure maple syrup (Grade B preferred)
1/2 ounce of egg white or the white of a small farm egg
Angustura bitters garnish, or freshly grated nutmeg

Directions:

Without ice, in a cocktail shaker quickly shake the cocktail ingredients to emulsify the egg.
Next, add ice and shake for 10 seconds and strain into a coupe glass.
Using an eye dropper, deposit a ring of bitters drops on the egg white, then drag a toothpick through the circle to create a “starry nights” effect. Or, grate fresh nutmeg on top.

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