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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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
0Kcal
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.
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.
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.
