Name: Cuban Cocktail No. 2
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rum - Light gold (1-3 year old molasses column); 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Grenadine/pomegranate syrup; 5 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 1 Orange bitters; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1/6 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Grenadine/pomegranate syrup
1/6 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1/12 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
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Review:

Faint sweetness balances spirituous rum notes in this delicately fruity, rose-red, bite-sized cocktail.

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide.

CUAN COCKTAIL–2
1½ ounces light Puerto Rican rum
½ teaspoon maraschino liqueur
½ teaspoon grenadine
1 dash orange bitters
2 drops lemon juice
Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Add a twist of lemon peel.
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, 1972

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Nutrition:

One serving of Cuban Cocktail No. 2 contains 134 calories.

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
23.05% alc./vol. (46.1° proof)
14.5 grams of pure alcohol

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