Purple rain cocktail
Makes: 2
Prep time: 5 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Stuart West
Purple rain cocktail
Our take on the classic purple rain cocktail is a spicier, tropical number replacing vodka with white rum and lemonade with ginger beer, hence the storm
Makes: 2
Prep time: 5 minsTotal time: 
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Nadine Brown
When Nadine isn't busy developing delicious recipes and using her experience as a health food editor to create healthy treats, she's munching and reviewing her way around her beloved home town of Tottenham. Find out what she's cooking and eating on Instagram @n0sh.17
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Nadine Brown
When Nadine isn't busy developing delicious recipes and using her experience as a health food editor to create healthy treats, she's munching and reviewing her way around her beloved home town of Tottenham. Find out what she's cooking and eating on Instagram @n0sh.17
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 3-4 drops purple food colouring*
- a lime wedge
- ice cubes
- 40ml lime juice
- 60ml white rum
- 20ml blue Curaçao
- 40ml grenadine syrup
- 200ml ginger beer
Step by step
- Add 1 tbsp granulated sugar to a clean jar with 3-4 drops purple food colouring*, screw on the lid and give it a good shake. Mix in any darker clumps then tip it out onto a saucer. Run a lime wedge along the rims of 2 martini glasses then roll in the sugar to coat. Allow to harden then, ideally, leave in the fridge for at least 20 minutes to chill the glasses.
- Add ice cubes, 40ml lime juice, 60ml white rum, 20ml blue Curaçao and 40ml grenadine syrup to a cocktail shaker and shake together for 20 seconds until fully chilled. Add a splash more grenadine if you want a deeper purple hue. Carefully pour into the chilled glasses and top up with ginger beer (about 100ml per glass) before serving. *Check your food colouring is vegetarian, if required.
