Sunday, February 2, 2014

Piña and Coconut Cocktail

I grew up climbing coconut trees in the Caribbean. Today, I can only buy the nuts at Bravo supermarkets in Central Florida.
I was delighted to harvest three, "vine ripe" pineapples from my garden this morning. I say, "vine ripe, as in vine ripe tomatoes." A week has passed since I last walked in that part of my back yard. The pineapples were bright yellow in color, and sweet to the taste.
I refer to these two items because, my cousin, Belen in Puerto Rico, suggested we can put them together and have a wonderful drink!
Let's call it Piña and Coco Cocktail, a PCC! Here goes:

 1 piña (pineapple) cubed
2 cups fresh coconut water
1 cup soft meat of coconut
1/4 cup simple syrup
4 1/2 ozs Don Q gold rum
2cups crushed ice

Combine first four ingredients in a blender
Place ice in three glasses
Add 1 1/2 ozs of rum in each glass
Cheers!!!

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