Cactus Flower

Recipe courtesy of Brother Cleve

It’s one of my favorite of my own Tiki creations. I created it for Tales Of The Cocktail in 2009 and it was featured at an outdoor Tiki Party. Cruzan rum was a top sponsor, so I decided to put their entire portfolio into one drink. This is my homage to Don The Beachcomber and some of the insane combinations of spirits and modifiers that he built. Yes, there are 11 ingredients in this. The Prickly Pear is a cactus, hence the name. This brand was the first prickly pear available on the market, but there are a few others that have appeared that works as well in this drink.

Yield

1 drink

Ingredients

- 1.5 oz Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum

- 1 oz Cruzan Estate Light (2 years)

- 1/4 oz Cruzan Blackstrap Rum

- 1/2 oz Bols Orange Curaçao

- 1 oz Lyons Fruitpure Prickly Pear Puree

- 1 oz fresh orange juice

- 1 oz unsweetened pineapple juice

- 3/4 oz fresh lime juice

- 1/2 oz simple syrup

- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters

- 1 oz Club Soda

Directions

1) Combine all ingredients except club soda into cocktail shaker.

2) Shake with ice cubes.

3) Strain into large (14 oz) Hurricane glass filled with crushed ice.

4) Add club soda and stir (with plastic cactus stirrer, preferably).

5) Garnish with orange slice and pineapple shrub.