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Pearl Diver Cocktail (With Simplified Gardenia Mix)

Amy Traynor
This revived tiki classic is a luxurious blend of rums, lime, orange, bitters, and a spiced, sweet honey butter mix known as Don’s Gardenia Mix.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 1 cocktail

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ½ oz gold rum
  • ½ oz Demerara rum
  • ½ oz Don's Gardenia Mix (see Notes below)
  • ½ oz fresh lime juice
  • ½ oz fresh orange juice
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters

Instructions
 

  • Combine all ingredients in a blender with ½ cup crushed ice. Blend on high until very smooth.
  • Strain the liquid (using a fine mesh strainer) into a glass or tiki mug. Top with crushed ice.
  • Garnish abundantly!

Notes

Don's Gardenia Mix

Ingredients:
  • 1 oz unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 oz honey
  • 1 tsp cinnamon simple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla simple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp allspice dram
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

My Simplified Gardenia Mix

Note: if you don't have allspice dram and don't want to make the two separate simple syrups, you can create one spiced syrup to stand in for the last three ingredients listed above.
Follow the instructions below and use 2 teaspoons of the spiced syrup in place of the cinnamon syrup, vanilla syrup, and allspice dram in Don's original mix.
Ingredients:
1 oz unsalted butter, softened
1 oz honey
2 tsp spiced simple syrup*
*Spiced Simple Syrup
Combine 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water, 3 broken cinnamon sticks, 1 sliced vanilla bean, and 1 tbsp allspice berries in a small saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat, stirring periodically, for 10-15 minutes or until flavorful. Allow the syrup to cool, then strain out the solids. Store leftover syrup in a covered container in the refrigerator.
Keyword don the beachcomber, gardenia mix, rum,, summer cocktails, tiki
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