Pandan-quiri

Nico de Soto, Mace | New York, Experimental Cocktail Club | Paris

photo: Lizzie Munro
Pandan Daiquiri Cocktail Recipe Nico de Soto

French bartender Nico de Soto is famed for popularizing the Southeast Asian herb pandan, which has a coconut-like flavor. Here, he offers a straightforward riff on the Daiquiri, sweetened with a blended pandan syrup, which he says adds a grassy, bitter note.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces Plantation 3 Stars white rum
  • 2 ounces Plantation 3 Stars white rum
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce lime juice
  • 3/4 ounce pandan syrup (see Editor's Note)
  • 3/4 ounce pandan syrup (see Editor's Note)

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin and shake with ice.
  2. Strain into a chilled coupe.
Editor's Note

Pandan Syrup:
To make pandan syrup, blend 1 liter simple syrup with 10 pandan leaves. Strain.

Tagged: Daiquiri, pandan

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