Essential Rum Cocktail #3: Piña Colada

Mixology

Essential Rum Cocktail #3: Piña Colada

A well made Piña Colada must have a smooth texture, a good balance between fruitiness and sweetness and an aftertaste true to the rum in it.

Basic Piña Colada

Ingredients:

2 oz. White Rum

1 oz. Coconut Cream

1 oz. Heavy Cream

6 oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice

1/2 cup of crushed ice

Instructions:

Add the rum, coconut cream, heavy cream

and pineapple juice in a blender with ice,

then blend until smooth (approx. 15 seconds).

Serve in a 12-ounce glass and garnish with

a fresh pineapple wedge and a Maraschino

cherry.

Connoisseur ’s Piña Colada

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. White Rum

1 oz. Dark Rum

1 1/2 oz. Coco Lopez Coconut Cream (in can)

1 oz. Double Cream (or 1 oz. Whipping Cream)

3 oz. Pineapple Juice

1 Dash Angostura Bitters

Instructions:

Pour ingredients into a blender and blend for 15 seconds with, or without ice (up to you). Pour into a poco-grande or hurricane glass and garnish with a pineapple wedge and a Maraschino cherry.

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