Singapore Sling

Cocktails frequently have a habit of taking on a life of their own and Singapore Sling is a classic cocktail which has changed from the original version.

According to Wikipedia “the Singapore Sling is a South-East Asian cocktail that was developed sometime before 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon, a bartender working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel Singapore. The original recipe used gin, Cherry Heering, Bénédictine and fresh pineapple juice, primarily from Sarawak pineapples which enhance the flavour and create a foamy top. Most recipes substitute bottled pineapple juice for fresh juice; soda water has to be added for foam”.

Ingredients

Cracked ice

2 parts gin (60ml)

1 part Cherry Brandy (30ml)

1 part lemon juice (30ml)

½ part grenadine (15ml)

Soda water

Lime slice or peel

Marachino cherries

Method

Put approx 5 cracked ice cubes into a cocktail shaker and pour in the gin, cherry brandy, lemon juice and grenadine. Shake vigorously until the shaker is well frosted. Half fill the chilled long cocktail glass with cracked ice. Fill with soda water and decorate with lime and cherries. Serve straight away.

Note: For sweeter version use lemonade instead of soda water.