Blended · Hurricane
GarnishBanana leaf and swizzle stick
Blended · Hurricane
Kitty, Paradise Lost, New York
Attack of the Banantulas cocktail recipe
What goes in it
- 1 ozLightly aged rum
- 1 oz
- 0.75 ozAmontillado sherry
Bottle · Amontillado Sherry
- 0.5 oz
- 0.5 ozLime juice
Fresh juice · Recipe below ↓
- 0.5 ozPassion fruit purée
- 0.5 ozCinnamon syrup (1:1)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 0.5 ozGinger syrup (3:2)
House prep · Recipe below ↓
- 1 tspBanana liqueur
- 1 dashAllium tincture
House prep · Recipe below ↓
Method · Blended
- 1Flash-blend everything with about a cup of pebble ice.
- 2Pour into a hurricane glass, crown with more pebble ice and garnish with a swizzle stick and a banana leaf.
- Glass
- Hurricane
- Ice
- Crushed
- Garnish
- Banana leaf and swizzle stick
Prep ahead
House prep
Acidulated Banana Cordial
- Yield
- About 2 liters
- Keeps
- 4 weeks
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 500 gbanana flesh and 500 g sugar (flesh syrup)
- 500 gbanana skins and 500 g sugar (skin syrup)
- 26 mlmalt vinegar
- 4.25 glactic acid
Method
- 1Separately massage the banana flesh and the banana skins with equal weights of sugar in sealed bags, rest a day at room temperature, then massage again and fine-strain each. Combine two parts flesh syrup to one part skin syrup and stir in the vinegar and lactic acid (amounts given are for 1350 ml flesh syrup and 675 ml skin syrup).
Fresh juice
Lime Juice
- Yield
- About 1 oz per lime
- Keeps
- 1 day
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- Fresh limes
Method
- 1Juice to order or in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.
House prep
Cinnamon Syrup (1:1)
- Keeps
- 1 month
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 1 partwhite sugar (by weight)
- 1 partwater (by weight)
- 3 cinnamon sticks per cup of water, broken up
Method
- 1Simmer the cinnamon in the water for 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar until dissolved, then let steep as it cools, about 2 hours. Strain. Store in the refrigerator.
House prep
Ginger Syrup (3:2)
- Yield
- About 850 ml
- Keeps
- 2 weeks
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 650 gcane sugar
- 435 mlfresh ginger juice
Method
- 1Blend the sugar and ginger juice on high until the sugar is fully dissolved.
House prep
Allium Tincture
- Yield
- 1 pint
- Keeps
- 1 month
- Storage
- Room temperature
Ingredients
- 1 pint neutral grain spirit
- 0.25 small red onion, diced
- 1.5 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
- 0.5 tspkosher salt
Method
- 1Combine everything in a sealed container and leave at room temperature for at least four hours, then strain.
About the Attack of the Banantulas
Attack of the Banantulas is a tiki cocktail made with lightly aged rum, acidulated banana cordial and amontillado sherry, created by Kitty at Paradise Lost.
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