Missing In Action

Samuel Miller | Salt Lake City

Missing In Action Recipe Remix

This “soft and crushable” cocktail from Samuel Miller is a tropical riff on the classic Paper Plane. The drink name pays homage, too; it’s a nod to artist M.I.A., whose single “Paper Planes” inspired Sam Ross to name the original drink.

Ingredients
  • 3/4 ounce Maker’s Mark bourbon
  • 3/4 ounce Maker’s Mark bourbon
  • 3/4 ounce aged Jamaican rum
  • 3/4 ounce aged Jamaican rum
  • 3/4 ounce Select Aperitivo
  • 3/4 ounce Select Aperitivo
  • 3/4 ounce Averna amaro
  • 3/4 ounce Averna amaro
  • 3/4 ounce lemon juice
  • 3/4 ounce lemon juice
  • 3/4 ounce blood orange juice
  • 3/4 ounce blood orange juice
  • barspoon of cane syrup
  • barspoon of cane syrup

Garnish: lemon twist, fresh mint bouquet

Directions
  1. Whip shake (shake vigorously with a small amount of pellet ice) all ingredients or briefly blend all ingredients with a Hamilton Beach spindle blender.
  2. Pour into Zombie (or Collins) glass, and top with crushed ice.
  3. Garnish with lemon twist and mint bouquet.