What is with all these hot weather drinks in the middle of winter? Well, we are not being very systematic about the order of drinks. Whatever strikes our fancy is what we have. Besides, it never gets very cold here, so we can have a cool, refreshing drink whenever we want.
We selected the Singapore Sling this week because we were cooking Singaporean Black Pepper Crab from James Oseland's Cradle of Flavor: Home Cooking from the Spice Islands of Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. It also includes a recipe for a Singapore Sling. We can highly recommend both the crab and the sling, especially in combination. The fruity coolness of the Singapore Sling perfectly balances the spiciness of the crab. The book is full stories about Southeast Asia, its food traditions, and recipes. Based on how good these two recipes worked out, we cannot wait to try more.
Unfortunately, I do not have the book here right now, so I cannot give you the exact recipe. The closest I can find is the original recipe from the Raffles Hotel in Singapore. Apparently, there are many different recipes for Singapore Slings with large differences in ingredients. There is one type of sling made in the Raffles Hotel and other types in Singapore at large.
It is a very fruity drink, dominated by the pineapple juice. Again, it will be nice on a hot summer day; although, I might not be as quick to make this as a gimlet given how much simpler the gimlet is.
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