Orange Tiger Martini

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 5 dried apricots, coarsely chopped or 4 canned apricots
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 1/2 ounces grand marnier or 1 1/2 ounces cointreau liqueur
• 1 large orange, juice of
• 1 ounce heavy whipping cream
• 1 1/2 ounces coconut milk
• 1 1/2 ounces rum
• 1/2 ounce golden rum
• 1 dash angostura bitters (optional)
• orange, ring garnish

Recipe

• 1 place chopped apricots, brown sugar, 1 ounce of the grand marnier and 5 tablespoons of the orange juice in a small pot over low heat and simmer until thick and syrupy, stirring frequently. about 8-10 minutes for the apricot flavor to infuse the simple syrup. (if your apricots are very dry they will soak up more of the fluid, lower heat and add more juice.)
• 2 strain syrup mixture pressing with the back of a spoon to release all the liquid.
• 3 in a cocktail shaker filled with ice (or use two glasses that fit one inside the other) combine syrup solution with whipping cream, coconut milk, rums, remaining 1/2 ounce of grand marnier and 3 ounces of fresh squeezed orange juice. add a dash of bitters.
• 4 vigorously shake and strain into a martini glass.
• 5 serve. yum!