FLAMING DRAGON’S BLOOD COCKTAIL

INGREDIENTS:

 THYME AND RASPBERRY SYRUP (BLOOD SYRUP)

• 340 g              Frozen raspberries 
• 3 sprigs          Thyme
• 100 g              white sugar 
• 120 ml            Water 
• 1 drop             brown food coloring 
• 67 ml              White rum
• 44 ml              Thyme and raspberry syrup 
• 22 m               Freshly squeezed lemon juice 
• 4 nos               Ice cubes
• 1 gm                Pearl luster dust 
• 150 ml            Bacardi rum

METHOD:

THYME AND RASPBERRY SYRUP (DRAGON’S BLOOD SYRUP)

1. Place all the ingredients in a saucepan (except the brown food colouring). Cook the mix over medium high heat.
2. Stir until the sugar has dissolved and bring the mix to a boil. Stir frequently until the raspberries have softened and break down in the syrup. Remove the syrup from the heat and let it cool down completely.
3. Strain the mix through a fine sieve to remove some pulp and seeds.
4. Add the brown food colouring to make the syrup a slightly darker red colour.

FLAMING DRAGON’S BLOOD COCKTAIL (THYME AND BERRY DAIQUIRI)

1. Place all the ingredients in a cocktail mixer
2. Shake for a few seconds to chill the cocktail.
3. Add ice cubes to the glass and chill the coupe glass. Take the ice out and strain the cocktail into a coupe glass.
4. Before consuming the cocktail, invert couple of glasses on the cocktail and pour Bacardi rum over and flambé it. This is purely for theatrics.
5. Once the flame gets doused, serve the cocktail.