Bahama Mama Recipe - The Cocktail Enthusiast

dark rum

🥗Healthier: spiced rum

💰Cheaper: light rum

Spiced rum offers a similar flavor profile with fewer calories.

coconut rum

🥗Healthier: coconut water

💰Cheaper: flavored syrup

Coconut water provides hydration with fewer calories.

grenadine

🥗Healthier: pomegranate juice

💰Cheaper: raspberry syrup

Pomegranate juice has natural sweetness and is lower in sugar.

fresh lime juice

🥗Healthier: bottled lime juice

💰Cheaper: lemon juice

Bottled lime juice is convenient and often less expensive.

Add ice to a cocktail shaker.

Pour in 2 ounces of dark rum and 2 ounces of light rum.

Add 1 ounce of cassis, 3 ounces of orange juice, 3 ounces of pineapple juice, 1/4 ounce of lemon juice, 4 dashes of Angostura bitters, and 1 dash of grenadine into the shaker.

Seal the shaker and shake vigorously.

Fill a highball glass with ice.

Strain the mixture from the shaker into the glass filled with ice.

For garnish, slice an orange wheel and smack a mint sprig to release its oils.

Place the orange wheel and mint sprig in the drink.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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