Mai Tai Cocktail Food

MAI TAI COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Fill an old-fashioned glass with 1 cup crushed ice. Set aside in the freezer.
• Combine light rum, gold rum, orange Curacao, orgeat, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add 1 cup ice, cover and shake until chilled. Strain into the chilled old-fashioned glass. Top with dark rum.
• Garnish with a wedge of pineapple and a maraschino cherry.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Add the white rum, curaçao, lime juice and orgeat into a shaker with crushed ice and shake lightly (about 3 seconds).
• Pour into a double rocks glass.
• Float the dark rum over the top.
• Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.

MAI TAI COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine pineapple juice, rum, lime juice, Curaçao, orgeat, and cherry juice in a cocktail shaker.
• Fill with ice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds.
• Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass. Top with dark rum, and garnish with mint, cherry, and pineapple.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Dip the rim of tall glasses into the egg whites, and then the sugar. Put the rum, Triple Sec, and juices into a cocktail shaker. Shake to mix. Fill the glasses with the ice and pour the cocktail over it. Decorate with cherries, pineapple, and/or orange slices, and drink with a straw.

MAI TAI COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker half way with ice cubes. Add the remaining ingredients, except the cherries and shake until cold and frothy, 30 to 45 seconds. Strain into 2 tall glasses with cracked ice. Garnish each with 2 maraschino cherries and paper umbrellas. Serve immediately.

EMERIL'S MAI TAI COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker half way with ice cubes. Add the remaining ingredients, except the cherries and shake until cold and frothy, about 30 to 45 seconds.
• Strain into 2 tall glasses with cracked ice and garnish each with 2 maraschino cherries and paper umbrellas.
• Serve immediately.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with 1 cup ice cubes, then strain into a glass filled with ice cubes.
• *Available at Fortunes Coffee Roastery Inc. (888-327-5282).

MY TY (MAI TAI COCKTAIL)

Steps:

• Combine the first 7 ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and strain into a cool old fashion glass filled with crushed ice.
• Float dark rum.
• Sink half of the lime shell with a maraschino cherry stuffed inside. Orchids are a nice garnish as well. If orchids are unavailable a fresh mint sprig will always do. Enjoy!

THE PERFECT MAI TAI

Steps:

• In a large jar or drink cooler, combine the light rum, dark rum, 151 rum, orange liqueur, almond syrup, simple syrup, and lime juice. Stir and top off with orange juice. Do not use grenadine if you want the true Mai Tai! Serve in 8 to 12 ounce glasses with ice.

MAI TAI

Steps:

• Pour the golden rum, curacao, orgeat, lime juice and sugar syrup into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice cubes. Shake until the outside of the shaker feels really cold.
• Fill a tumbler with crushed ice then strain the cocktail over it. Slowly pour the dark rum over the top so it stains the top of the drink a rusty gold.
• Garnish with fruit like pineapple, lime and cocktail cherries if you like.