Extra-Orange Old Fashioned Recipe

Make the oleo saccharum:

• Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest from the oranges.
• In a medium bowl, toss the zest with the sugar, cover, and let stand for 4 to 12 hours.
• Pour 1⁄2 cup boiling water into the bowl and stir until the sugar dissolves.
• Pour the oleo saccharum through a fine sieve into a jar and discard the orange zest.

Make the cocktail:

• In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the rye, oleo saccharum, and bitters.
• Stir, then strain into a chilled rocks glass with 1 large ice cube.
• Garnish with the lemon and orange peels to serve.