Sparkling Pineapple

The Sparkling Pineapple is a specialty of the Benihana chain of Japanese-fusion restaurants, and it’s one of our favorite ways to use up a bottle of sparkling sake.
Benihana’s original recipe calls for Bacardi Pineapple Fusion rum – but we find it infinitely more delicious with a proper rum that uses pineapples in the distillation process, rather than flavored after-the-fact. The best example of these is Plantation’s Pineapple Stiggins’ rum, and it makes for a stunning Sparkling Pineapple.

Ingredients
- 1½ part Pineapple rum
- ½ part Ginger liqueur
- 1 part Pineapple juice
- 1 wedge Lime
- 2 parts Sparkling sake
Instructions
Add the pineapple rum, ginger liqueur and pineapple juice to a shaker with ice. Squeeze the lime wedge in and discard. Shake it all up, then strain into a short glass and top with the sparkling sake. Garnish with a wedge of pineapple or a wheel of lime.


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- Benihana Sparkling Pineapple Sake Cocktail from Food & Beverage magazine
