Pina Colada

[jennyjoan]

Just wondering can you buy a bottle of this or do you need to make your own. Ta

[DTCwordfan]

Make your own is far better.....suggest marinading the pineapple in the rum first and then make up the cocktail. Need a recipe? Plenty of ice by the way!

[jennyjoan]

well DT have been off the jungle juice for quite some time but don't know whether I would ever go back to what I used to drink.

Yes if you wouldn't mind - would like the recipe ta - may make it in the future

[jennyjoan]

PS - I know "rum" is involved but what is it exactly - bacardi????

[Baldric]

http://www.bacardilimited.com/our-brands/bacardi-rum

[ummmm]

Bacardi is a brand of white rum.

I love pina coladas.

[jennyjoan]

I am not a lover of bacardi but guess when made up in a pina colada you wouldn't taste it much. If I were to make it I would try it out with those miniature bottles.

[DTCwordfan]

Stage 1 - find a really nice sweet pineapple, prepare it and cube. Into a liquidiser/Magimix. Add two glugs of a light rum....can be Bacardi but golden works well. Let it mix for an hour to three hours in a fridge (if you can wait)

Stage 2
Ingredients:
Ice
50ml of coconut milk
50ml of Bacardi or light golden rum
75ml of the fresh pineapple juice (inc the marinade)
1-2 tbsp sugar syrup (2 parts white sugar to 1 part water) - personally I don't use this.....
Juice of ½ lime
Slice of pineapple, maraschino cherry, cocktail umbrella or whatever, to decorate

How:

Using enough ice to fill your glass to two-thirds, whizz in a blender until crushed, or place the ice in a clean tea towel and bash repeatedly with a rolling pin, rounders bat or similar, then put in a cocktail shaker.

Stir the coconut milk to make sure it hasn’t separated into water and cream, then add to the ice along with the rum and pineapple juice=mix. Whizz or shake until well blended, taste and add (the sugar syrup) and lime juice as required.

Pour into a cold glass.

Cut a small notch in the pineapple and cherry, if using then and slot them on to the rim of the glass. Serve immediately and Hic.....

[DTCwordfan]

I'm the same as to Bacardi, the first thing that I was ill on - Pina Coladas are a good way to mask it - darker rums I am fine on, so it's all mental.

[jennyjoan]

god I'd love one now - with that recipe DT - thanks for going to the trouble of typing that out. Will take a wee copy and print out.

Err forgot to ask what is "golden"

[DTCwordfan]

something like Capt Morgan...... https://www.uvinum.co.uk/rum/captain-morgan-original-spiced-gold-1l?shop=tu-tienda-del-vino&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=marketplaces&gaw=1&;gclid=CMHVzrGmt84CFUoq0wod1kUJ9Q

[DTCwordfan]

Bacardi do a golden, I love Cockspur for mine....

[RandyMarsh]

you will be getting caught in the rain next

[jennyjoan]

@Randy - Ehhhh????

[DTCwordfan]

yes, the pre-marinade means it packs a punch over the weak made-up ones....the ice to counter it is a necessity. Now I am going to have to prepare a Tanqueray and Tonic tonight....

[ummmm]

Lol...

[Peter Pedant]

DTC - fine living - can I come around ?

[Jennykenny]

Hi Jenny, don't know about Piña Colada but just been tasting my own home made Limoncello.
Lovely. And the best bit is that rather than having to wait six months for something like Sloe Gin, you can make it in two weeks.
See the BBC recipe. Very simple, tastes great. Have a go.

[DTCwordfan]

Tall Hiball - fill with ice, then a squeeze of lime followed by 80% Tanqueray and 20% slimline Schweppes, slice of lime to finish.

Exxon staff never drink them, this because of the Valdez disaster, the captain having said, "I said a Tanqueray on the rocks, not a bloody tanker."

[DTCwordfan]

Peter, I flew in from HK for a mate's 40th and a party that evening....we made up a huge quantity of PC.....the only problem was that with one batch of the marinade, the lid to the Magimix wasn't quite on and it literally exploded and all over their low kitchen ceiling!!! It was dripping a raw PC for hours.

[Bathsheba]

I "got" Randy ;)

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