Pinkie Swizzle excerpted from It’s No Fun Without Rum!
It’s time to dust off your shakers and gather your limes, because rum is the hottest spirit in the world right now! Rum evokes a feeling of escapism like no other spirit and just about everyone needs a vacation, or at the very least a mai tai!
Here you’ll find 50 rum-tastic recipes, including modern favourites such as the Mojito and Frozen Daiquiri, plus some all-too-often overlooked classics like the El Presidente and Ron Collins.
So come cocktail o’clock, whether you find yourself poolside on a sun lounger, downtown in Havana or at home, you’ll be able to mix ‘em, muddle ‘em and shake ‘em like a pro!
Pinkie Swizzle
This sparkling rum swizzle reinvented is an ice-cold, lip-tingling treat.
40 ml/1½ oz. 100% pomegranate juice
30 ml/1 oz. Bacardi or other white rum
10 ml/¼ oz. sugar syrup
60 ml/2 oz. rosé Prosecco, well-chilled
pomegranate seeds, to garnish crushed ice
SERVES 1
Combine the pomegranate juice, rum and syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes and shake unl chilled. Strain into a crushed-ice- filled rocks glass and pour in the Prosecco. Garnish with pomegranate seeds and serve at once with a straw.
Recipe reprinted with permission from Ryland Peters & Small.