Rum

Used in 13 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Rum is distilled from sugar cane juice or molasses, and this page covers the styles the recipes call for: white, golden, dark and black. White rum is light and clean, the base of the Daiquiri and Mojito, where citrus and mint lead. Golden and dark rums are aged or coloured, with notes of caramel, vanilla and dried fruit, and black rum is heavier still, with a treacly depth that suits the Dark and Stormy. Outside the bar, rum soaks the dried fruit for Kulich, where orange juice is the alternative, and flavours the syrup in Grilled Pineapple with Rum Syrup. Choose by style first; it matters more than age or price.

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Recipes with rum

Bahama Mama — shot from directly overhead: two rums with coconut

Bahama Mama

Two rums with coconut, pineapple and grenadine, shaken and poured tall over ice so the red sinks through it.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Blue Hawaii — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Blue Hawaii

Rum, vodka, pineapple and blue curaçao — a drink invented to match a colour, and none the worse for admitting it.

15 minutesAmericanCocktails

Bushwacker — shot from directly overhead: a frozen chocolate-and-coconut rum drink from the Gulf coast

Bushwacker

A frozen chocolate-and-coconut rum drink from the Gulf coast, closer to a milkshake than a cocktail and unapologetic about it.

15 minutesAmericanCocktails

Daiquiri — shot from directly overhead: three ingredients and nowhere to hide: white rum

Daiquiri

Three ingredients and nowhere to hide: white rum, lime and sugar, shaken hard and drunk cold and straight up.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Dark and Stormy — shot from directly overhead: ginger beer and lime with dark rum floated on top

Dark and Stormy

Ginger beer and lime with dark rum floated on top, so the first sip is rum and the last is ginger.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Frozen Melon Colada — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Frozen Melon Colada

White rum, melon liqueur, pineapple and coconut blended into a thick pale-green frozen cocktail with a clean lime finish.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri

White rum, lime and frozen strawberries blended to a thick slush that holds a straw upright.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Grilled Pineapple with Rum Syrup — shot from directly overhead: pineapple wedges charred over high heat and spooned with a dark rum

Grilled Pineapple with Rum Syrup

Pineapple wedges charred over high heat and spooned with a dark rum, lime and brown sugar syrup reduced until it just coats.

30 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Hurricane — shot from directly overhead: dark and light rum with passion fruit and citrus

Hurricane

Dark and light rum with passion fruit and citrus, sweet and red and considerably stronger than it looks.

15 minutesAmericanCitrus

Kulich — shot from directly overhead: tall enriched Easter bread coloured with saffron and studded with raisins

Kulich

Tall enriched Easter bread coloured with saffron and studded with raisins, finished with a white glaze that runs down the sides.

7 hr 55 minServes 12

BreadRussianVegetarian

Mojito — shot from directly overhead: mint pressed rather than pounded

Mojito

Mint pressed rather than pounded, with white rum, lime and soda over crushed ice, so it tastes of the leaf and not of the stalk.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus

Piña Colada — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Piña Colada

Rum, pineapple and coconut cream blended with ice until thick enough to hold a straw upright.

15 minutesCaribbeanCocktails

Rum Swizzle — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame

Rum Swizzle

Two rums, two juices and bitters churned with crushed ice until the glass frosts and the drink turns cloudy and cold.

15 minutesCaribbeanCitrus