Ultra-Tropical Piña Colada Recipe
[Photographs: Vicky Wasik]
A good piña colada should instantly transport you to warm sandy beaches and turquoise waters. What we don't want is a drink that tastes weak and watery, nor artificially tropical, as if someone dumped a bottle of tanning oil into the blender. This version produces a slushy frozen cocktail full of ripe pineapple and rich coconut flavor. Plus a good, strong hit of rum.
Why It Works
- Freezing the ingredients first means you can use less ice, leading to a more flavorful, less diluted drink.
- Ripe fresh pineapple or canned pineapple chunks are more flavorful than pineapple juice, plus their fiber helps thicken the drink.
- Coconut cream has a more natural flavor than Coco Lopez.
- Measuring solids by weight gives you better control over the ingredient ratios.
Read more: For the Most Flavorful Piña Colada, Freeze Everything
- Yield:Makes one large drink
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:10 minutes plus 1 hour freezing
- Rated:
Ingredients
- 5 ounces (140g) very ripe peeled and cored pineapple or drained canned pineapple chunks (see note)
- 1 3/4 ounces (50ml) unsweetened coconut cream, shaken or stirred well to incorporate fat
- 1 ounce (30ml) simple syrup (see note)
- 3/4 to 1 ounce (20-30ml) fresh juice from 1 lime
- 2 1/2 ounces (75ml) white or gold rum, kept in freezer until freezer-cold
- 4 ounces (115g) ice cubes
- Pineapple slice and/or maraschino cherry, for garnish
- Paper umbrella and straw, for serving (optional)
Directions
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1.
In an airtight plastic container, combine pineapple, coconut cream, simple syrup, and 3/4 ounce lime juice, and transfer to freezer until frozen, at least one hour (the sugar in the mixture may prevent it from freezing solid; this is okay).
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2.
In a blender, combine frozen pineapple mixture with ice-cold rum and ice and blend until thick and slushy. Taste, then blend in the remaining 1/4 ounce lime juice, if desired. Pour into a large glass, garnish with pineapple and/or a cherry, and serve, with or without an paper umbrella and straw.
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3.
If you want to make multiple drinks, you can pre-batch up to a double recipe (a blender may not hold much more than that easily) in a single container, then divide after blending; for more than two drinks, use separate containers to hold more servings.
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