A drink inside a drink

The trick is entirely mechanical: freeze a hollow ice sphere, drill into it, and inject a second cocktail inside before the hole reseals itself in the freezer. What you're left with is a drink that changes character as it melts — the Old Fashioned trapped inside only reaches the Boulevardier around it once the ice has been sitting long enough to breach.

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Ingredients:

• 2 ounces – Boulevardier (see sub-recipe)
• 2 ounces – Old Fashioned (see sub-recipe)
• 1-2, for garnish – Luxardo Maraschino Cherry
• 1, for garnish – Orange Peel

Speciality Items:

• Ice Mold
• Drill
• Drill bit set
• Soldering Iron
• Syringe
• Orange Peeler

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Steps:

1. Fill sphere ice mold with water
2. Freeze for 1 1/2 hours.
3. Turn the mold upside down and freeze for 1 1/2 hours.
4. Remove from freezer.
5. Use a heated soldering iron, or a clean drill to create a hole in the ice sphere.
6. Use a syringe to empty the water out of the ice sphere. Alternatively turn the sphere over to pour out the water.
7. Freeze for another 2 hours or overnight.
8. Remove from freezer and pour the Old Fashioned into the ice cube.
9. Carefully place in a glass.
10. Pour in the Boulevardier.
11. Garnish with a Luxardo Maraschino Cherry and Orange Peel

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