Name: Hoa Sua
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Pomegranate juice; 45 ml Light white rum; 22.5 ml Sake; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Hoa Sua
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Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Pomegranate juice
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
³⁄₄ oz	Akashi-Tai Daiginjo Genshu sake
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Review:

Light and easy drinking - the rum flavour shines through.

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History:

Created in 2005 by yours truly for Hoa Sua catering school in Vietnam using locally available products.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Hoa Sua contains 164 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
13.71% alc./vol. (13.71° proof)
16.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Andre Derailleur

24th May at 08:32

I do like the sake in it. It s fruity and light.

JACQUELINE KIRK

19th May at 16:42

I'd love to see more Viet-y cocktails using pandan. I have a recipe for one using tangerine juice, umeshu, pandan extract, and another key ingredient that I'm forgetting. It's low ABV and I tasted it first at Sauvage Coquetels in Lyon, France. The owner (Pierrick) changes the menu seasonally and always has really inventive (but not gimmicky) mixes. It's a low-ABV bar mostly. I'm normally not a fruity/sweet cocktail drinker, but his was fabulous.