Cocktail recipe
Scorpion Bowl
Trader Vic's shareable party bowl from 1946. Rum, cognac, orgeat, lemon, and orange juice, made for four or five to share.
- Glass
- Punch cup
- Method
- Blend
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Ingredients
- 5
Ingredients
- 10 oz White Rum, or a blend of rumsMore White Rum cocktails
- 2 oz CognacMore Cognac cocktails
- 3 oz Orgeat
- 4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 3 oz Fresh Orange Juice
- ½ oz Overproof Rum, for flaming lime shell (optional)
Garnish: Cinnamon, grapefruit peel, flaming lime shell
How to make it
- Blend the rum, cognac, orgeat, lemon juice, and orange juice briefly with crushed ice.
- Pour into a large bowl over big ice cubes and ladle into punch cups.
- Garnish with cinnamon and grapefruit peel. Traditionally a hollow lime shell filled with overproof rum is lit and floated on top. At home, skip the flame.
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Using only what goes into a Scorpion Bowl, plus basics like citrus, sugar and soda.
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