Spiced Colada

8 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 15-ounce can coconut cream, preferably Coco Lopez
  • 3/4 cup (6 ounces) pineapple juice
  • 3 ounces lemon juice
  • 3 ounces lime juice
  • 1/2 cup (4 ounces) superfine sugar
  • 9 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 2 ounces spiced rum
  • 1 or 2 dashes Angostura bitters

Directions

  1. 1
    To make the syrup, pour coconut cream, pineapple juice, lemon juice, lime juice, sugar and bitters into a blender with 1/2 cup (4 ounces) water.
  2. 2
    Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.
  3. 3
    Transfer syrup to a separate container.
  4. 4
    You will have far more than you need, enough for about 4 coladas.
  5. 5
    To make the colada, pour 4 ounces ( 1/2 cup) colada syrup and the rum into a blender with about 1 1/2 cups ice.
  6. 6
    Puree until colada is thick but can still be poured, a minute or more.
  7. 7
    Pour into an appropriate vessel, such as a ceramic coconut shell, and sprinkle surface with a dash or two of bitters.
  8. 8
    Serve with a straw snipped to rise 2 to 3 inches above lip of vessel.

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