Puente Punch

• Recipe by Cyrus Keyhari

A fantastic dessert drink, this creamy cocktail is named after the late timbale-banging band leader Tito Puente, who popularized Latin music around the world. Cyrus Keyhari uses aged Dominican rum to give depth to what he calls "a grown-up Orange Julius."

Ingredients

1. 1 lime wedge
2. Granulated sugar
3. Ice
4. 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
5. 2 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk, at room temperature
6. 1/8 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
7. 1/2 teaspoon sugar
8. 1/4 cup amber rum, preferably Brugal Anejo Dominican Rum

Directions

1. Moisten the outer rim of a highball glass with the lime wedge and coat with sugar. Fill the glass and cocktail shaker with ice. Add the 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, the orange juice, condensed milk, vanilla extract and amber rum; shake well. Strain into the prepared glass.