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The John Dory's Brooklynite Cocktail
[Photographs: Robyn Lee]
Fresh lime juice and honey balance this smooth, toasty cocktail from the John Dory Oyster Bar in NYC. Be sure to use a good rum here, since it plays a starring role.
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes 1 cocktail |
| Active time: | 5 minutes |
| Total time: | 5 minutes |
| Special equipment: | cocktail shaker and strainer |
Ingredients
- To make quick honey syrup:
- 1 ounce honey
- 1 ounce boiling water
- To make cocktail:
- 3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- 3/4 ounce quick honey syrup
- 2 ounces anejo rum
- Dash Angostura bitters
- Ice
- Garnish: lime wedge
Procedures
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1
To make quick honey syrup, stir boiling water into honey in a heatsafe container. Make sure honey is completely dissolved and let cool.
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2
Add lime juice, 3/4 ounce honey syrup, rum, and bitters to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well until very cold. Strain into cocktail glass and serve up with lime wedge.
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