June 2024 attempt – Sous vide
- 1/2 cup allspice
- 1 cup Wray & Nephew Overproof
- 1 tsp cassia
- 1/3 vanilla bean
- 1.5 cups water
- 2/3 cup demerara sugar
Sous vide the allspice, rum, cassia, and vanilla bean for 2 hours at 140F. Strain. Make a syrup with the sugar and water. Mix together.
2022 attempt
- 1/2 cup allspice berries
- 2 1/2 cups navy-strength rum
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 vanilla bean
- 1 cinnamon stick
Toast and crush allspice berries, then soak in rum for two weeks. Mix with simple syrup (1:1) made with brown sugar, vanilla bean, and cinnamon.
Original source: Alton Brown. I’ve modified the recipe.