How To Make A Singapore Sling Cocktail

How To Make A Singapore Sling Cocktail

Singapore Sling Cocktail. Diego Garcia, Head Bartender at the Oxo Tower Bar and Brasserie shows us how to make a Raffles Singapore Sling to its original recipe. Sample our Singapore Sling Cocktail.

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Step 1:

You will need

• 7 ½ ml lime juice
• 75 ml pineapple juice
• some angostura bitters
• 7 ½ ml benedictine
• 15 ml cherry brandy
• 7 ½ ml cointreau
• 25 ml gin
• 7 ½ ml grenadine
• 1 pineapple slice
• 1 glace cherry
• some ice cubes
• some crushed ice
• cocktail shaker
• long glass
• 25ml (1 fl oz) measure
• 50ml (2 fl oz) measure
• measuring jug
• measuring spoons
• bar spoon

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Step 2:

Lime juice

Add 7.5 ml or one and a half teaspoons of lime juice to a mixing glass.

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Step 3:

Pineapple juice

Then 75 ml or 2.5 fl oz of pineapple juice

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Step 4:

Angostura bitters

a dash of angostura bitters

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Step 5:

Benedictine

7.5 ml or one and a half teaspoons of Benedictine

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Step 6:

Cherry brandy

Next add 15 ml or three teaspoons of cherry brandy

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Step 7:

Cointreau

7.5 ml or a teaspoon and a half of Cointreau

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Step 8:

Gin

Add 25 ml, or 1 fl oz of gin

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Step 9:

Grenadine

and 7.5 ml or a teaspoon and a half of Grenadine

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Step 10:

Ice cubes

Fill the mixing glass with ice cubes

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Step 11:

Shake

Put the top half of the cocktail shaker on. Slap it down firmly to seal. Hold the top and bottom, and shake vigorously over your shoulder for about 20 seconds.

Handy Hint

When you see condensation on the outside of the shaker and it feels very cold, the Singapore Sling is mixed.

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Step 12:

Release

Tap the side of the shaker to loosen the two halves. You may need to rock the glass back and forth to release it.

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Step 13:

Strain

Now place the strainer over the shaker and strain into the long glass.

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Step 14:

Crushed Ice

Top up the drink with crushed ice.

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Step 15:

Garnish

Add two straws, a slice of pineapple, and a glacier cherry, and serve.