This delicious tropical drink from Maran Illustrated Bartending uses the favorite flavors of South Beach cocktails—cocounut, pineapple and citrus.
Virgin Miami Vice
Ingredients:
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce coconut cream
1/2 ounce half & half
1 1/2 ounces strawberry puree
1 1/2 ounces of fresh lime juice
1/4 ounce simple syrup
1 cup ice, crushed
Strawberry for garnish
Instructions:
Place the pineapple juice, coconut cream, cream and 1/2 cup of ice into a high performance commercial blender. Blend the mixture until smooth and pour it into a highball glass. Place the strawberry puree, lime juice, simple syrup and the remaining half cup of ice into a blender. Blend again until smooth. Slowly pour the strawberry-lime mixture over the back of a bar spoon on top of the pineapple-coconut mixture. Garnish with a strawberry.
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