Amaretto Mai Tai
A Mai Tai-style cocktail that swaps orgeat for amaretto, keeping the familiar rum, lime, and almond profile while making it much easier to put together at home.
Equipment
- 1 Cocktail shaker
- 1 Hawthorne strainer
- 1 Jigger
- 1 Bar spoon
- 1 Fine mesh strainer (optional) Used when you’re adding powdered sugar as a garnish, to dust it evenly and avoid clumps
Ingredients
- 50 ml aged rum
- 15 ml amaretto
- 15 ml Cointreau or any triple sec
- 25 ml fresh lime juice
- 5 ml demerara Sugar Syrup (Optional) adds a bit of extra sweetness to the drink if needed
- Mint bouquet
- Spent lime shell
- Powdered sugar light dusting
Instructions
- Start by chilling a rocks glass with water and ice, or in the freezer.
- Add rum, amaretto, Cointreau, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker.
- Add ice and shake for 10–15 seconds.
- Drain excess meltwater from the glass, keeping the ice in place. Top up with fresh ice if needed.
- Strain into the glass using a Hawthorne strainer.
- Slap the mint, then add it to the glass along with the lime shell.
- Lightly dust powdered sugar over the mint.