Rum Raisin Clarified Punch
Aged rum and raisin shrub clarified through milk — the dried fruit concentrates into something that reads as tawny port and rum simultaneously, stripped clear by the clarification until only flavor remains.
Served in a rocks glass · Garnish: Single plump raisin on a pick, expressed orange peel · Difficulty: hard
Ingredients
- 2 oz Aged Rum (El Dorado 12yr)
- 0.75 oz Raisin Vinegar Shrub
- 0.5 oz Demerara Syrup
- 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 4 oz Whole Milk (hot)
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Instructions
- To make raisin shrub: simmer 1 cup raisins, 1 cup red wine vinegar, 0.5 cup sugar; strain.
- Combine rum, shrub, syrup, lemon juice, and bitters.
- Pour hot milk in, allow to curdle, rest and filter until clear.
- Chill and serve over a large cube.