Their Straight Sling adds the Bénédictine and bitters. It refers to the Singapore Sling as being a simple combination of the juice from a quarter of a lemon added to dry gin and cherry brandy, and filled up with soda water. The ingredients of a Singapore Sling (Tamara Hinson) Actually, I lied there’s one final step: the shaking, which turns out to be the hardest part, especially when the mercury’s pushing 23C.
Esteemed guests, from Noël Coward to Somerset Maugham, have enjoyed its tropical notes.Ī sling in its simplest form, according to the Savoy Cocktail Book, is made from dissolving one teaspoonful of sugar in water, adding gin and ice and topping with soda. The drink is a take on the Gin Sling, a simple punch with only a few ingredients. Gallant gentlemen could buy their lady friends a real drink and the cocktail was a major draw for people to visit the hotel. Sometime before 1915, a new cocktail by the name of the Singapore Sling came into creation in Singapore at Long Bar in the elegant Raffles hotel. Masking it in pink made it look feminine and, together with the use of the clear alcohol, he led people into thinking it was merely a fruity punch for the ladies. Shake for 10 seconds and strain into a chilled highball glass.The resourceful Ngiam spotted a gap in the market and decided to create a cocktail that looked like a fruit juice, but was actually infused with gin and a dash of other liqueurs. Fruity Disco Sling: Add the gin, cherry liquor, Benedictine and a teaspoon each of lemon, lime, orange and pressed pineapple juice to a cocktail shaker filled with cubed shake.Singapore Sparkler: Replace the soda water with chilled dry Prosecco or Champagne and serve in chilled coupe glasses or flutes.Add a straw and sip slowly – incredibly refreshing! Sling Variations 1 1/2 ounces gin 1/2 ounce Cherry Heering 1/4 ounce Cointreau 1/4 ounce Benedictine 4 ounces pineapple juice 1/2 ounce lime juice 1/3 ounce grenadine 1. Garnish with a cocktail cherry, slice of lemon or a small wedge of pineapple. Give a good stir then strain into a chilled tall glass (I love these Diamanté Cocktail glasses, pictured in the photos) filled with cubed ice. Put all the ingredients apart from the soda water (or pineapple juice) in a mixing jug half filled with ice. Please take a look at the steps and video before attempting this recipe! The Singapore sling has been documented as early as 1930 as a recipe in the Savoy Cocktail Book: Ingredients one-quarter lemon juice, one-quarter dry gin, one. A minor difference occurs in that the measures of the spirits were twice the quantity compared with the lemon and soda of the 1930 quotation and. Many tourists head to the Long Bar above Raffles Hotel to enjoy this gin-based beverage. The Perfect Singapore Slingįull measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page. This recipe persisted for decades and is recalled in 1982 in The Sainsbury Book of Cocktails & Party Drinks, where it is also called the Singapore sling and was the classic recipe of the time. The Singapore Sling is arguably the most famous cocktail in Singapore. In my opinion this ruins a perfectly lovely drink… But, If you like your cocktails on the sweeter side, then simply replace the soda water with pineapple juice. What, no pineapple juice? Some versions contain pressed pineapple juice and grenadine.
It is surprisingly complex and delicious, adding a real depth of flavour to this cocktail.
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