Cable Car (Cocktail)

Name: Cable Car (Cocktail)
Ingredients: Sugar Syrup; 1/4 cup water; 1/4 cup superfine sugar, plus; 1 tablespoon superfine sugar; Cocktail; 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 lemon wedge; 1 cup ice cube; 5 tablespoons spiced rum; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 3 tablespoons orange Curacao; 2 orange rind twists

12 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

Sugar Syrup
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup superfine sugar, plus
1 tablespoon superfine sugar
Cocktail
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 lemon wedge
1 cup ice cube
5 tablespoons spiced rum
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons orange Curacao
2 orange rind twists

Directions

1

Chill two Martini glasses in freezer.
2

Bring 1/4 cup water to boil in heavy small saucepan over high heat. Add 1/4 cup sugar and stir until dissolved. Cool sugar syrup completely.
3

On small plate, stir remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon to blend.
4

Rub rims of chilled glasses with lemon wedge. Dip rims into cinnamon sugar to coat lightly.
5

Combine ice, rum, lemon juice, curacao, and 2 tablespoons sugar syrup in cocktail shaker (reserve remaining sugar syrup for another cocktail -- can keep in pantry for a couple of weeks).
6

Shake mixture until cocktail shaker becomes frosty.
7

Strain mixture into prepared glasses.
8

Garnish with orange peel twists and serve.