Hi welcome to Drinks Tube, my name is Shev, I am a rum expert and
I make cocktails for a living and today I'm gonna be making you a rum cocktail
called The Hurricane
it's fruity it's tropical made with rum in a hurricane glass
what's not to like it's an absolute crowd pleaser
now this drink originated in New York but became hugely popular
in New Orleans it's one of my absolute favourites and is still a firm favourite in
New Orleans
have to say every time I go over there one of the first things I do is head to
a bar
and order one so there's so many different versions of this drink but today I'm
gonna make you
my favourite which includes a light rum a dark rum
an orange, a lime, some grenadine
and some passion fruit syrup now this is a shaken drink
so we're gonna build it in a Boston glass
so to start we're going to freshly
squeeze some lime juice
using my trusty citrus juicer
now don't worry if you don't have one of these at home you can always just use your hands
and we're aiming for
25 mls there you go
so we're also gonna freshly press some orange juice
here's some I did earlier now
we're using 50 mls here I love freshly pressed orange juice for
its natural sweetness but if you can't do this, carton will do just fine
this is always better next we're gonna add some sweetener now to sweeten we're going to use a
passion fruit syrup
this is one of my favourites for cocktails and works especially well in rum
drinks
it's bursting with flavour it's exotic it's sweet
but because of the passion fruit it's got natural acidity and
a tartness that doesn't make it too sickly so we're going to add
20 mls
which is just shy of the measure so passion fruit syrup is
actually quite easy to get a hold of you can buy it online or you can get it from your local
liquor shop
Whilst you're at it pick up some grenadine now this is a pomegranate reduction
we're going to be using a small amount
only five mls now it wouldn't be a drink popular in New Orleans if it didn't have two types
of sugar
and had a slight pink color to it this is gonna add
another fruit flavour and a little bit more sweetness
this drink calls for two different types of rum we're gonna start with
a dark style this is quite bitter chocolatey
coffee-like this is really going to hold its own to the tropical flavours of the
passion fruit
and the grenadine, we're gonna add 25 mls
here but rather than just using a dark rum that I feel might dominate all the
flavours
we're also going to add a light rum and this will just
soften the edges and lift the drink all that's left for me to do
is give it a really good hard shake by shaking the drink you're going to dilute it
you're gonna aerate it and you're going to chill it down so we can add
plenty of ice
and then we're gonna put our back in to it
Amazing, ice up the glass so of course we're gonna pour it into the
iconic hurricane glass and as you can see it's got that
nice pink hue to the drink all that's left for me to do is garnish it
an orange wheel and I'm going to make no apologies for this garnish, I'm gonna stick to its true self
and add an eighties cocktail cherry
for authenticity and a kitsch
straw now this is something you'd expect to see on the streets in New
Orleans
so let's give it a try I mean it's everything I promised it would be
fruity, tropical delicious
so there it is the hurricane now for some more delicious summer drinks
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