THE ORIGINAL PIñA COLADA
I had a Piña Colada at the place of its origin in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - Barrachina Restaurant. This is actually the exact recipe that I got from the restaurant for the original Pina Colada. It is recommended that you use Bacardi rum as it is from Puerto Rico as well (we visited the distilllery that same day). I did not include the freezing time. Enjoy!
Provided by Nif_H
Categories Beverages
Time 10m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Our little secret, do not mix blend with ice, instead freeze the mix stirring occasionaly until well frozen or use an old style ice cream maker to freeze the mix, then you will get the taste of a good piña colada.
- Pour rum to taste in individual glasses then add frozen mix to serve.
- Decorate with cherry and pineapple chunks to garnish (optional).
ORIGINAL PINA COLADA
In the 1950's in Puerto Rico, a man named Don Ramon Lopez-Irazzy came up with a delicious homogenized cream made from coconut. The product became known as Coco Lopez cream of coconut, and it was used for tropical dishes and desserts. But the best was yet to come. In 1957 Ramon Marrero, a bartender at Puerto Rico's Caribe Hilton, combined coconut cream with rum, pineapple juice and ice in a blender to create this famous drink. Victor Bergeron (Trader Vic) borrowed Marrero's recipe in his later cocktail books and called it the Bahia. The trick to making a great Pina Colada is to use both light and dark rum, a dash of bitters and a little double cream, which creates a drink with a much more complex flavour.
Provided by Its all good
Categories Beverages
Time 10m
Yield 1 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place all ingredients in a blender.
- Add ice.
- Blend.
- Garnish with cherries and pineapple wedge preferably in a hurricane glass.
CARIBE HILTON'S PIñA COLADA
It seems unimaginable that a drink as crowd-pleasing as the piña colada would inspire fierce debate. But to this day, no one can agree on the cocktail's exact origin - or even how to make it! The first theory involves the pirate Roberto Cofresí, who supposedly invented the drink to keep his sailors happy and prevent mutiny. Others swear it came from the bar at the Old San Juan restaurant Barrachina. But the most popular story traces the idea to the Caribe Hilton, where bartender Ramón "Monchito" Marrero supposedly created it in the ʼ50s as a family-friendly nonalcoholic drink. Back then, blenders weren't common, so the first piña coladas were made in a cocktail shaker. Marrero eventually added rum, and the recipe was later revised for blenders (see below). Try that version, or use a cocktail shaker and serve the drink over ice to get a real taste of the original!
Provided by Food Network
Categories beverage
Time 5m
Yield 1 piña colada
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Combine the rum, cream of coconut, heavy cream and pineapple juice in a blender. Add 1/2 cup crushed ice and blend for 15 seconds.
- Serve in a 12-ounce glass and garnish with fresh pineapple and a maraschino cherry.
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