Recipe of Earthquake: a typical Chilean drink

Ingredients

• For 4 tall 400 ml glasses (1.6 litres in total):
• 1 litre of ice-cold white pipeño wine (young red pipeño or young white wine also works)
• 4 to 5 tablespoons of pineapple ice cream per glass (about 700 g in total, roughly 200 ml)
• 4 tablespoons of grenadine (1 per glass, 15 ml each)
• 4 teaspoons of fernet, bitter liqueur, rum or cognac (optional, 1 per glass)
• 4 tall 400 ml glasses, kept in the freezer for 10 minutes
• 4 long straws or cocktail spoons for stirring
• 1 two-litre jug, if you are making the big sharing version (cataclismo)
• No pipeño at hand: 500 ml young white wine + 500 ml sparkling wine, or 1 litre of sweet Moscato
• Jug version: 1 litre pipeño + 6 tablespoons grenadine + the ice cream, in a two-litre jug
• Alcohol-free version: 800 ml cold pineapple juice + 200 ml lemon-lime soda instead of the pipeño
• To decorate, optional: 4 chunks of canned pineapple or 4 maraschino cherries

Directions

1. 1

   Chill the pipeño for at least 3 hours in the fridge; if you are in a hurry, leave it 20 minutes in the freezer inside its bottle, without forgetting about it.

2. 2

   Put the glasses in the freezer 10 minutes before serving, so the ice cream does not melt straight away.

3. 3

   Spoon 1 tablespoon of grenadine into the bottom of each 400 ml glass and swirl it so it tints the sides.

4. 4

   Fill each glass three quarters of the way with the ice-cold pipeño, about 250 ml, leaving room for the ice cream.

5. 5

   Add 4 or 5 tablespoons of pineapple ice cream per glass, lowering it in with the spoon instead of dropping it, so it does not foam up.

6. 6

   Add 1 teaspoon of fernet over the ice cream; if you do not like the bitter note, skip it or swap it for rum or cognac.

7. 7

   Stir once only, from the bottom up, with a long spoon or the straw: beating melts the ice cream and leaves the drink watery.

8. 8

   Taste and adjust: if it is too strong, add 1 more tablespoon of grenadine; if it is too weak, add half a scoop of ice cream.

9. 9

   Serve straight away with a straw and no ice: the ice cream already keeps the glass cold for a few minutes.

10. 10

    For the jug (cataclismo), mix the litre of pipeño with 6 tablespoons of grenadine in the chilled jug, add the ice cream and pour into the glasses.

11. 11

    For the alcohol-free version, replace the pipeño with the pineapple juice and lemon-lime soda, keeping the grenadine at the bottom.