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Roquette Cocktail

Tai Du Mai From Roquette

RECIPE: Erik Hakkinen, Roquette, Seattle

Photo: Charity Burggraaf

December 31, 2019

Roquette Cocktail

The Mai Tai welcomes a dose of Cognac to the party.

For his French-inflected cocktail bar Roquette, Erik Hakkinen spins the classic Mai Tai in a Gallic direction using Cognac to balance overproof Jamaican rum.

Ingredients

1 oz. Cognac
1 oz. fresh lime juice
½ oz. overproof Jamaican rum
½ oz. pineapple syrup
¼ oz. orgeat
¼ oz. triple sec

Tools:shaker, strainer
Glass:Collins
Garnish:mint bouquet

Preparation

Briefly shake all of the ingredients with ice, then strain into a glass filled with pebble-size crushed ice, and garnish.

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