Recipe

The Hot Tropic: A Zero-Proof Cousin of the Piña Colada

From the Garden & Gun Club, a mocktail recipe with all the flavors of an island getaway


If you like piña coladas, but you’re less keen on alcohol-induced side effects, chef Ann Kim from the Garden & Gun Club in Atlanta has a zero-proof solution fit for a tiny umbrella. 

“This feels more like an evolved piña colada,” Kim says of the Hot Tropic, which uses orgeat to replace the caramel notes of rum. “We also add a nonalcoholic ginger spritz, which feels indulgent.” 


Ingredients

  • Hot Tropic (Yield: 1 cocktail)

    • 1 oz. heavy cream (or coconut milk)

    • 2 oz. pineapple juice

    • ¼ oz. lemon juice

    • ¼ oz. orgeat

    • 1 oz. honey ginger syrup (such as Tippleman’s)

    • Ghia ginger aperitivo

    • Dehydrated pineapple slice


Preparation

  1. Shake the first five ingredients in a cocktail shaker.  

  2. Double strain over a snifter filled with crushed ice.

  3. Top with Ghia and garnish with dehydrated pineapple slice.


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