Rum Smoothie Parfaits
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 1 1/2 pints (3 cups) hard-frozen good-quality vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 cup golden raisins or any dried fruit
- 1 tablespoon ground or finely chopped nuts, such as almonds or pecans
- 4 fresh mint sprigs
- Crisp sugar cookies (optional)
- Add the dark rum to the ice-cold blender canister and scoop in the hard-frozen ice cream.
- Blend for 20 to 30 seconds, or until smooth, stopping now and then to break up and stir in the lumps.
- Pour the softened ice cream into the chilled wineglasses and sprinkle the ice cream with the golden raisins and chopped nuts.
- Garnish the parfaits with the mint sprigs and serve with crisp sugar cookies, if desired.
dark rum, pints, golden raisins, ground, mint sprigs, sugar cookies
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/rum-smoothie-parfaits (may not work)