Ingredients

  • Sugar Syrup
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/4 cup superfine sugar, plus
  • 1 tablespoon superfine sugar
  • Cocktail
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 lemon wedge
  • 1 cup ice cube
  • 5 tablespoons spiced rum
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons orange Curacao
  • 2 orange rind twists

Method

  • Chill two Martini glasses in freezer.
  • Bring 1/4 cup water to boil in heavy small saucepan over high heat. Add 1/4 cup sugar and stir until dissolved. Cool sugar syrup completely.
  • On small plate, stir remaining 1 tablespoon sugar and cinnamon to blend.
  • Rub rims of chilled glasses with lemon wedge. Dip rims into cinnamon sugar to coat lightly.
  • Combine ice, rum, lemon juice, curacao, and 2 tablespoons sugar syrup in cocktail shaker (reserve remaining sugar syrup for another cocktail -- can keep in pantry for a couple of weeks).
  • Shake mixture until cocktail shaker becomes frosty.
  • Strain mixture into prepared glasses.
  • Garnish with orange peel twists and serve.