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Cane Juice

Contributed by Cocktails 2008
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  • SERVINGS: makes 1 drink

Boa Steakhouse • Las Vegas

Fruit preserves are an increasingly popular alternative to simple syrup in cocktails. Here, apricot jam adds both sweetness and an amplified dose of the fresh fruit's faintly tangy, almost musk...

Cinnamon Sugar

  1. 3 tablespoons superfine sugar
  2. 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Cocktail

  1. 1 lemon wedge
  2. Ice
  3. 2 ounces white rum
  4. 1 1/2 ounces fresh lemon juice
  5. 1/2 ounce chilled brewed chai
  6. 1 1/2 teaspoons apricot preserves
  7. 1/4 ounce Grand Marnier
  8. 1 dried apricot
  1. MAKE THE COCKTAIL Combine the sugar and the cinnamon.
  2. Moisten half of the outer rim of a martini glass with the lemon wedge and coat lightly with cinnamon sugar. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the rum, lemon juice, chai and apricot preserves and shake well. Strain into the prepared martini glass. Pour the Grand Marnier on top and garnish with the dried apricot.