I'm not a mixed drink fan...
Sure, Sue Sea and I occasionally love to make a good gin or vodka martini. There's just something elegant and 007-like about that drink and the glass it come in. Sue Sea likes 'em "dirty" (olive juice and a few crushed olives" and with crushed ice, I like them just classic: booze, dry vermouth and a bit of bitters (Angostura of course).
And there is one rum drink that has no equal: Pusser's Painkiller, especially made with all fresh ingredients (we grow our own pineapples) and Coco Lopez - to die for!
So get to it already!
Oh! Yes, sorry. It was 90 degrees and I'd been doing heavy yard work for a few hours, and I came stumbling into the house, desperate for cold, refreshing relief. Icewater didn't quite cut it, and even an ice cold Guinness didn't appeal. In creativity born of desperation I opened the fridge and just started building something, in this order:
1. Squeezed the juice of a good Florida orange, looked further and...
2. Added the juice of a ripe lemon. Still looking and found...
3. What the hell? Added the juice of a plump lime.
Now surely rum was in order, but I didn't want the dominence of say a Pussers (especially since the bottle was low), so opened the liquor closet and found a Ron Medellin 8 Year from Columbia. Instinctively I knew this was right: a good Columbian rum with plenty - but not too much - flavor.
4. Perfect. Two shots of the Medellin. But surely this would be too sour, so some sweetening was in order...
5. A shot of Depaz cane syrup, tasted - still a bit too acidic - and added another half shot. But something was missing. What?
6. Coconut! So a shot of Coco Lopez, and licked the spoon. Even the process was turning out to be fun. Still, I wanted perhaps another tiny touch for just a bit more interest. Cinnamon? Nope, too intense but I knew I was close. I reflected on our love for Painkillers and voila!
7. A healthy dose of freshly grated nutmeg (which Sue Sea adores).
Lots of ice, shake vigorously to ice-cold status, served in tall frozen glasses with ice and a final dusting of nutmeg.
The Result:
Absolutely refreshing, tart and litely sweet and interesting. For now it's Hot and Bothered, but that doesn't work as it describes the weather, not the drink...
A request: help us out and name this drink?
"Hot and Bothered"?: a recipe by Moi!
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