‘Easy Tiki’ cocktail recipe: Pagan Idol’s Quarantine Order

Building off the classic flavor combination created by Don the Beachcomber, San Francisco’s Pagan Idol adds cinnamon and grapefruit to passion fruit, lime, Angostura bitters and Jamaican rum to create this tiki cocktail.

“I wanted to create a drink that could highlight the cinnamon notes in Angostura bitters,” says William Prestwood, Pagan Idol’s former bartender, in “Easy Tiki: A Modern Revival With 60 Recipes” by Chloe Frechette. When choosing aged Jamaican rums for this cocktail, Prestwood and his team use equal parts Appleton Estate Signature and Rum-Bar Gold, a combination they have dubbed “Jam Tropics.”

Pagan Idol’s Quarantine Order

Makes 1 cocktail

INGREDIENTS

3 ounces aged Jamaican rum (preferably equal parts Appleton Estate Signature and Rum-Bar Gold)

1 ounce lime juice

1 ounce grapefruit juice

1⁄2 ounce cinnamon syrup (see recipe below)

1⁄2 ounce passion fruit syrup (see recipe)

5 dashes Angostura bitters

Mint sprig, cherry and lime wheel for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Combine all the ingredients, except the garnish, in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously until the ice breaks up into smaller pieces, about 30 seconds. Pour the contents of the shaker into a snifter and garnish with a mint sprig and a cherry speared through a lime wheel.