Singapore Sling
makes 1 drink
Many Chinese restaurants serve the usual panoply of garish preludes to hangovers -- like Zombies, Mai Tais and Sufferin’ Bastards. But the granddaddy of all Tiki drinks may be the Singapore Sling.
This recipe comes from Rob Chirico's Hair of the Dog. For more of Rob's great cocktails, buy his Field Guide to Cocktails.
3 ounces pineapple juice
1 1/2 ounces gin
1/4 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce Cherry Heering
1/4 ounce Bénédictine
1/4 ounce Cointreau
1 dash Angostura bitters
Ice
Garnish:
Pineapple wedge
Maraschino cherry
prep: 5 minutes
total: 5 minutes
cocktail shaker
strainer
highball glass
toothpick
Add all liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a highball glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a maraschino cherry skewered on a toothpick.
(Image courtesy of Paul Fenster.)
