Joan Bennett

Serve in a Collins glass...
2	fl oz	Bacardi Carta Blanca Superior White Rum (37.5%)
1	fl oz	Giffard Parfait Amour Liqueur
2½	fl oz	Fresh pressed pineapple juice

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How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish:

Pineapple wedge

Comment:

Fruity and floral, but an unfortunate colour.

About:

Adapted from a Tiki drink featured in Jeff Berry's 'Intoxica' and originally created in 1932 at Sloppy Joe's Bar, Havana, Cuba. Named after Hollywood ingénue, Joan Bennett, who in the same year starred in Fox's Careless Lady. Years later she hit the news when her husband, producer Walter Wanger, shot her agent in the crotch after catching them in bed together. Oo-err!

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