Pineapple Express

Recipe from Freddie Sarkis

Adapted by Robert Simonson

Pineapple Express
Sally Ryan for The New York Times
Rating
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Notes
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With its understated, background fruit notes, Plantation Pineapple Rum Stiggins’ Fancy can easily be used in a wide variety of classic cocktail recipes without upsetting the drink’s balance. It makes a good old-fashioned, rum sour or El Presidente. The Pineapple Express, created by Freddie Sarkis of the Broken Shaker in Chicago, is simply a daiquiri with a split of pineapple rum and rhum agricole doing the work usually done by a white rum. The combination adds more richness and character to the drink, though you may not notice the pineapple until the second or third sip. That’s a testimony to the subtlety of the cocktail. —Robert Simonson

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Ingredients

Yield:1 drink
  • 1½ounces Plantation Pineapple Rum Stiggins' Fancy
  • ¾ounce 100 proof rhum agricole, preferably Neisson
  • ¾ounce fresh lime juice
  • ½ounce simple syrup (see note)
  • Grapefruit twist
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Combine the pineapple rum, rhum agricole, lime juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker three-quarters filled with ice. Shake vigorously for about 30 seconds. Strain into chilled coupe glass. Squeeze grapefruit twist over drink and discard.

  2. Step 2

    Note: To make simple syrup, warm 1 cup sugar in 1 cup water in a saucepan over low heat until dissolved. Cool to room temperature before using. (There will be extra syrup; refrigerate if not using immediately.)

Tip
  • To make simple syrup, warm 1 cup sugar in 1 cup water in a saucepan over low heat until dissolved. Cool to room temperature before using. (There will be extra syrup; refrigerate if not using immediately.)

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Bob Fischer

Tried this first without the Rhum Agricole. Was OK. Made the second trip to Ball Square Fine Wines and got the Neisson. Big difference. Glad I made the trip. This now makes it on to the menu for my next cocktail party.

groovydoc

Made this with Rhum Clement (Blanc) and it was fantastic! I'm not generally a fan of flavored liquors but Stiggins is awesome 😎.

Alexander Moser

I used JP Morgan Rhum Agricole. Absolutely fantastic! It tastes intensively like a pineapple smells with a hint of Agricole.

Bob Fischer

Tried this first without the Rhum Agricole. Was OK. Made the second trip to Ball Square Fine Wines and got the Neisson. Big difference. Glad I made the trip. This now makes it on to the menu for my next cocktail party.

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Adapted from Freddie Sarkis, the Broken Shaker, Chicago

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