Recipes Creole Old-Fashioned Be the first to rate & review! To give a luxurious silky texture to cocktails, this simple syrup (a syrup made by dissolving sugar in water) is thickened slightly with xanthan gum. By Food & Wine Editors Updated on June 17, 2021 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Yield: 1 drink Ingredients 1 ounce Cognac 1 ounce Demerara rum (see Note) 1 teaspoon Xanthan Simple Syrup Dash of Angostura bitters Dash of orange bitters Orange twist, for garnish Directions Fill a rocks glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker, stir together the Cognac, rum, simple syrup and both bitters. Pour into the rocks glass and garnish with the orange twist. Notes Demerara rum is a type of dark rum made in Guyana. Rate it Print