Spiced Colada
- 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
- 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.
- Blend until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Transfer syrup to a separate container.
- You will have far more than you need, enough for about 4 coladas.
- 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.
- Puree until colada is thick but can still be poured, a minute or more.
- Pour into an appropriate vessel, such as a ceramic coconut shell, and sprinkle surface with a dash or two of bitters.
- Serve with a straw snipped to rise 2 to 3 inches above lip of vessel.
coconut cream, pineapple juice, lemon juice, lime juice, sugar, bitters, rum, bitters
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016306 (may not work)