Food & Cooking Recipes Drink Recipes Cocktail Recipes Pernod-Bourbon Spritz Be the first to rate & review! By Shira Bocar Shira Bocar Website Shira is food editor at large for Martha Stewart Living. Editorial Guidelines Updated on November 4, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Lennart Weibull Total Time: 5 mins Servings: 1 Yield: 1 Serves An aperitif like this Pernod-Bourbon Spritz (pictured on the right) helps to stimulate the appetite, just the thing for before a celebratory feast like Thanksgiving. The two powerful ingredients, anise-flavored Pernod and caramely bourbon, are tempered by the addition of club soda and plenty of ice. A few drops of Angostura bitters brings it all together. Ingredients Ice ½ ounce Pernod liqueur ½ ounce Bourbon whiskey 2 to 3 dashes Angostura bitters 3 ounces club soda, chilled Lemon twist, for serving Directions Place 1 large ice cube in a rocks glass or fill halfway with ice. Add Pernod, bourbon, bitters, and soda. Stir once and garnish with lemon twist; serve immediately. Cook's Notes Pernod is a French anise-flavored liqueur that shares similar flavor characteristics to Absinthe since it was invented as its legal substitute. Rate it Print