Recipe corner – August 4
Jerk Daiquiri
Appleton Rum’s Jerk Daiquiri was perhaps one of the most popular drink mixes of the SPF parties last weekend. Thursday Food shares the recipe for this unique and exotic cocktail.
Ingredients:
50ml Appleton Estate V/X Jamaica Rum.
30ml jerk sugar syrup (see recipe below).
20ml fresh lime juice.
Method
Add all ingredients to shaker with cubed ice.
Hard shake then fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a lime wedge.
Jerk Sugar Syrup
Ingredients:
1 Bunch thyme
3 inches ginger (peeled and sliced)
3 Scotch Bonnet peppers
2 to 3 crushed pimento berries
1 cup of sugar and 2 cups of water.
Method:
Combine the sugar and water in a pan on the stove over medium heat and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Reduce heat and add the remaining ingredients.
Cover and allow it to marinate for 3 hours.
Add more peppers as desired.
Strain the mixture and bottle it.
