It’s Friday and if your week has been anything like mine, you may be looking forward to a cocktail when 5:00 rolls around. How about something bright and refreshing and tropical? At Junnoon a highly regarded modern Indian restaurant just south of San Francisco in Palo Alto, mixologist Angelene Parr, makes this cocktail to pay homage to a most vibrant, flavorful fruit, the mango.
While this year the season for the prized Alphonso mango from India has been delayed, plenty of other types of mangoes are on the market. To learn more about mango varieties and their availability, check out the chart at mango.org.
Photo by Chris Schmauch
Bollywood Dreams
1 oz. Cruzan Mango rum
1 oz. Captain Morgan rum
2 oz. mango pulp
Splash of passion fruit juice
Juice of ½ lime
Fill a pint glass with ice. Add all ingredients. Shake. Pour into glass
Garnish with a lime
This cocktail goes great with nibbles like wasabi peanuts or mixed nuts. If you’re dining at Junnoon, you may want to try it with executive chef Kirti Pant’s Tapioca Fritters which are flavored with curry leaves, peanuts, mustard seeds and a coconut ginger chutney.
——Amy Sherman
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Katja Broddesson | 12-Apr-08 at 8:49 am | Permalink
Looks yummy, Amy!
FatB | 14-Apr-08 at 2:25 pm | Permalink
Do you really need Mango rum? Can you even taste it after you put in 2 oz. of mango pulp?
Amy Sherman | 14-Apr-08 at 2:59 pm | Permalink
Hmm, interesting. Give it a try and let me know how it turns out.