Scorpion Bowl Cocktail

Scorpion Bowl

Recipe type: Cocktail Yield: 2 – 4 Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 1 mins Total time: 11 mins

Share this tasty tropical cocktail made with aged 151 Rum.

Ingredients:

10 oz Rum, anejo (or 151 proof rum)
2 oz Cognac
3 oz Orgeat
4 oz Lemon juice
3 oz Orange juice

GARNISH
Freshly grated cinnamon, cinnamon sticks,
grapefruit peel, orchids and/or flaming lime shell

Directions:

1. Add all ingredients to a blender with 1 cup of crushed ice.
2. Blend quickly and pour into a Scorpion bowl, or portion out into individual tiki mugs.
3. Add several large ice cubes to bowl or mugs.
4. To garnish, add freshly grated cinnamon, cinnamon sticks, a grapefruit peel or orchids.
5. For a flaming lime shell, invert half of a lime and place in the volcano of a Scorpion bowl, or atop an individual cocktail.
6. Pour in a splash of over-proof rum, and carefully light with a match or a lighter.
7. Be sure to extinguish flaming life shell before attempting a sip.
8. Serve with straws.

Published on October 27, 2015 by Great Taste Magazine