Yum-yum rum time

A popular distilled alcoholic drink made from sugarcane byproducts and usually aged in oak barrels, rum is the key ingredient to many of the classic tiki bar cocktails. There are different types of rum depending on the style of which its alcohol content can range from 20 per cent to 75.5 per cent alcohol. Rums are produced in various grades. What is used commonly in cocktails is light rum, whereas golden and dark rums are consumed on the rocks or for cooking. There are premium rums also which are consumed either straight or iced.

Rum is a major flavouring agent used in baking cakes, cookies and is also used as marinades in Caribbean dishes. Sometimes mixed with icecreams and often with raisins, rum is also a favourite in rum punches and cocktails like piña colada, mojito, rum toddy, hot buttered rum, Dark 'N' Stormy, Painkiller, a  New Orleans cocktail named Hurricane and Jagertee,  a mixture of rum and black tea popular in Central Europe.

Here are a few rum-based recipes from the cocktail menu curated by the BarChefs at Sofitel Mumbai BKC.

French Daiquiri
Ingredients
Dark Rum-60ml
Fresh Sage Leaves-4-6 Pcs
Lime Juice-10ml
Sugar Syrup-10ml
Sour Mix-60ml
Bitters
For Garnish
Fresh Basil Leaf-1pc

Dehydrated Lemon

Method:
Muddle Fresh Sage leaves
Pour the ingredients in the shaker and shake vigorously.       
Pour and serve mixture in a Martini Glass
Garnish: Fresh Sage Leaf, dehydrate lemon with bitters

Hurricane
Ingredients
Dark Rum-45ml
Amaretto-15ml
Pineapple Juice-60ml
Orange Juice-60ml
Lime Juice-10ml
Passion Fruit Syrup-10ml
Grenadine Syrup-5ml
For Garnish
Fresh Pineapple
Cherry

Method:
Mix all ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously with ice
Pour and serve mixture in a beer glass
Garnish with a piece of fresh pineapple and a cherry

Fresh Red Currant & Basil Mojito
Ingredients
Dark Rum-60ml
Red Currant-6-8pcs
Fresh Mint leaves-8-10
Lime Juice-10ml
Sugar Syrup-10ml

For Garnish
Fresh Red Currant
Mint Leaves

Method:
Muddle Mint and red currant
Pour other ingredients in a shaker and shake vigorously
Pour and serve the mixture in a Jar
Garnish with Fresh Red Currant and Mint

Tropical  Escape
Ingredients:
White Rum -60 ml
Grapefruit juice -60 ml
Lime Juice- 10 ml
Sugar Syrup-10 ml
Sour Mix-60 ml
Elderflower syrup-5ml
Bitters
Garnish: Fresh Grapefruit and Edible flowers

Method:
Mix all in the shaker and shake vigorously with ice
Pour and serve mixture in a Rock Glass
Garnish with a piece of fresh grapefruit and edible flowers