Jai Alai Special
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In a shaker, combine light rum, crème de cacao and lime juice with 1/2 cup of ice and shake vigorously. Pour into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice. Fill rest of glass with orange juice. Top with dark rum. Garnish with a lime wedge.  | In a shaker, combine light rum, crème de cacao and lime juice with 1/2 cup of ice and shake vigorously. Pour into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice. Fill rest of glass with orange juice. Top with dark rum. Garnish with a lime wedge.  | ||
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• Se sirve en los ingredientes en vaso 12 onzas  | • Se sirve en los ingredientes en vaso 12 onzas  | ||
• Hielo en cubos    | • Hielo en cubos    | ||
| − | • Completar con el jugo de naranja.    | + | • Completar con el jugo de naranja.  | 
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==Historic References==  | ==Historic References==  | ||
Revision as of 18:20, 18 April 2008
The Jai Alai Special was the signature drink of the Fronton Palacio in Tijuana, Mexico, and is a cocktail which consists of Rum, Lime Juice, Orange Juice and Crème de Cacao. It may have its origins from a cocktail from Cuba, where the sport of jai alai is also very popular.
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Recipe
Ingredients according to a postcard for the Fronton Palacio (circa 1940s)
- Lime Juice
 - Orange Juice
 - Crème de Cacao
 - Bacardi Rum
 
Recipe from bartender Michael Ruiz of the Whistle Stop bar in San Diego, Calif.
- 1-1/2 oz Light Puerto Rican Rum
 - 1 oz Crème de Cacao
 - Juice from two limes
 - Orange Juice
 - Dark Jamaican Rum
 
In a shaker, combine light rum, crème de cacao and lime juice with 1/2 cup of ice and shake vigorously. Pour into a Collins glass filled with crushed ice. Fill rest of glass with orange juice. Top with dark rum. Garnish with a lime wedge.
Another version
- 2 onzas de ron blanco
 - 2 onzas jugo de lima,
 - 1 onza crema de cacao blanca
 - 4 onzas de Jugo de naranja
 
Procedimiento: • Se sirve en los ingredientes en vaso 12 onzas • Hielo en cubos • Completar con el jugo de naranja.
Historic References
“My Cuban Cocktail Recipe Book” by Ramon Pedreira Rodriguez
"JAI ALAI - This cocktail was very popular among professional jai alai players since colonial times."
"Havana: The Magazine of Cuba" 28 February 1930
"Marolo," I sex [sic] to the concoctioneer, "fix me up a Jai-Alai." This is the kind of drink that you don't know what's in it and after four drinks you don't care what is in it.