Cocktail Hour : Paradise Daquiri

Have a great weekend and enjoy Cocktail Hour!

 

Ingredients (Makes 2 servings)

• 1 fresh mango – peeled & sliced
• 1/2 fresh pineapple – peeled, cored and cut into chunks
• 1/4 pint strawberries
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
• 2 1/2 ounces of rum ( flavored rum is great, try coconut, pineapple or mango)
• 2 1/2 cups of  ice (more as desired)

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, combine the strawberries, sugar and boiling water.  Muddle (mash) the strawberries, sugar and water until it becomes like a syrup.  Place in the refrigerator.
2. In a blender, combine the mango slices, pineapple chunks, pineapple juice, rum and coconut extract. Puree until smooth. Then, add the ice cubes into the blender and blend to desired texture (adding more or less ice as desired). 
3. Take the strawberry mixture out of the refrigerator.  In a tall glass, add about an inch of the mixture to the bottom of the glass.  From the blender, pour the (mango, pineapple, coconut) mixture into the glass on top of the strawberry mixture.

ENJOY!!!

Image courtesy of Marie Claire