How to make ...
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer is a house creation courtesy of our very own Sasa Ruvidic. This banana-based tiki drink is inspired by a cocktail published by The Educated Barfly, submitted by one of their readers, called the Banana Farmer.
Ingredients
25ml White Rum
25ml Spiced Rum
25ml Banana Liqueur
20ml Velvet Falernum
25ml Pineapple Juice
Juice of 1 Whole Lime
Overproof Rum for Garnish
Empty Lime Half for Garnish
Cinnamon for Garnish
Times:
Prep: 1 Minute
Make: 2 Minutes
Total: 3 Minutes
Calories:
295 calories
Allergens:
Servings:
1
Method
Using your jigger to measure, add your white and spiced rums, banana liqueur, Velvet Falernum and pineapple juice to your Boston glass or shaker
Using your elbow press squeeze the juice of two lime halves into your shaker
Retain one of your squeezed lime halves to use as garnish
Fill your shaker with cubed ice and seal
Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds
Strain into a Hurricane glass and fill with cubed ice
Use your thumbs to hollow out your lime half, turning it into a bowl and balance it on top of your drink
Fill your hollowed out lime half with overproof rum
Light the overproof rum on fire with a match
Lightly sprinkle cinnamon over the flame for some indoor fireworks
Blow out the flame and pour the remaining overproof into the drink
Serve and enjoy
Equipment
Shaker
Jigger/Measure
Hawthorn Strainer
Elbow Press
Cubed Ice
Matches
History
The interplay of strong, funky rum and sweet caramelised banana flavour in this drink make for a cocktail that is at once punchy and refreshingly fruity and moreish. This drink follows the style of classic tiki drinks like the Zombie in that it has a heavy rum base, skillfully disguised by some carefully chosen fruity flavours and modifiers.
This drink is the big finish for our cocktail class, as well as being by far the strongest of the cocktails our guests make, they also get to enjoy some extra theatre with this cocktail in the form of it’s pyrotechnic garnish. To finish the drink we hollow out a lime half and balance it on the cocktail, fill it with overproof rum which we set alight and then sprinkle cinnamon over the flame for some indoor fireworks.
This cocktail is made with Velvet Falernum which is made from almonds, for those with a nut allergy, you can replace the Falernum with Disaronno Amaretto which is completely nut free and has a similar almond-y flavour profile.
