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Tides</em> Fruit Salad

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► by Bartender Delano Small of The Tides Restaurant

So named because it uses nearly all the fruit flavours behind the bar, this layered cocktail should be served in a tall glass, so that you end up with a choose-your-own-adventure type of experience based on how deep you plunge your straw.

— Photography: Kenneth Theysen

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Tides Fruit Salad
Makes 1 cocktail

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¾ oz. strawberry purée
¾ oz. passion fruit purée
½ oz. fresh lime juice
1 oz. vodka
2 oz. pineapple juice
1 oz. apple juice
½ oz. each diced pineapple, green apple and strawberries
1 tbsp. coarse cane sugar
1 wedge each of orange, pineapple and strawberry, to garnish
1 slice lemon
1 capful melon liqueur

Instructions

  1. Pour the strawberry purée into your tallest glass then fill it with ice.

  2. Add the passion fruit purée and lime juice followed by the vodka, pineapple juice and just enough apple juice to top.

  3. Using a long spoon, stir the ice gently to blend the colours a little.

  4. Place the diced fruits for the garnish in a small skillet or heatproof dish and sprinkle with cane sugar.

  5. Use a kitchen torch to caramelise the sugar on top of the fruits, until it’s golden brown. Or, heat the skillet over medium-high heat and stir until the sugar melts and caramelises, about 1 to 2 minutes.

  6. Skewer the orange, pineapple and strawberry wedges onto a small bamboo skewer followed by a circular slice of lemon so that the lemon creates a bed for the caramelised fruits. Place the sugar-coated fruits on top of the lemon.

  7. Pour a capful of melon liqueur into the drink, then balance the skewer of caramelised fruits on top of the glass.

  8. Add a (compostable) straw and enjoy!

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  1. The trick to making this cocktail is to build it from the bottom up, adding one ingredient at a time to create the layered effect.

  2. Don’t rush the cocktail sunset by stirring too much after adding the apple juice. 

  3. Ice helps keep the thicker red purée on bottom and the golden juices on top.

  4. You can buy frozen purée, which comes sweetened, or make your own by muddling or blending strawberries or passion fruit seeds with sugar and water. Strain out the fibrous passion fruit seeds before using.