Pearl Diver
Donn Beach’s chilled honey-butter emulsion gives light and Demerara rums an almost weightless silkiness beneath orange, lime, spice, and crushed ice.
- Glassware
- Pearl Diver glass
- Strength
- 23% ABVBefore dilution
- Garnish
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- Pineapple leaf Use one clean upright pineapple leaf.
Ingredients
- Column-still aged rum 45 ml Use a light gold Puerto Rican-style rum.
- Demerara rum 15 ml
- Fresh lime juice 15 ml
- Fresh orange juice 15 ml
- Don’s gardenia mix 15 ml Beat 30 ml honey with 30 ml softened unsalted butter until smooth, then beat in 5 ml cinnamon syrup, 2.5 ml vanilla syrup, and 2.5 ml allspice dram. Makes about 70 ml. Contains milk; refrigerate and use within one week.
- Angostura bitters 1 dash
Preparation
- Blend all the ingredients with 120 ml crushed ice for 20 seconds.
- Fine-strain into a chilled Pearl Diver glass, pressing gently on the solids, then discard them.
- Fill with fresh crushed ice.