Recipe: 5 Singapore Slings You Can Concoct At Home

Lion City
By Edwin Poh, Ah Sam Cold Drinks Stall

Ingredients 

• 45ml The Botanist Gin
• 10ml Cointreau
• 10ml Homemade Cherry Cognac
• 30ml Pineapple Shrub
• 20ml Fresh Pomelo Juice
• 10ml Homemade Pomelo Syrup
• Pomegranate Seeds
• Top up with Tiger Beer

Directions

For the pomelo syrup

1. Grate the zest of a pomelo into sugar and leave the mixture overnight in room temperature
2. Cook equal parts of the infused sugar and water until you get the syrup

For the cherry cognac

1. Cook 1kg of fresh cherry and 1kg of sugar in 1 litre of water over low heat for 2 hours
2. After the cherry syrup cools, mix 300ml of the syrup with 300ml of Remy Martin VSOP cognac

For the pineapple shrub

1. Muddle 1kg of pineapple and 500g of sugar in a jar, and leave overnight in the fridge
2. The next day, cook the pineapple and sugar mixture until all the sugar is dissolved
3. After the syrup has cooled, add 150ml of apple cider vinegar

For the cocktail

1. Fill the base of a tall glass with pomegranate seeds, and muddle to release the juices
2. Put the rest of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice, shake and pour into the glass with ice
3. Top up the glass with Tiger Beer and garnish with a cherry from the cherry cognac