"Pina Colada" - cocktail for girls and not only

Pina Colada is a cocktail that deserves special attention.attention. The millions of people who tried it once, feel like trying it again and again. Cocktail has a pleasant sweet taste, probably, that's why it is most often ordered by girls.

A bit of history

There are still disputes over when and howwho coined the Pina Colada cocktail. So, at one time the authorship attempted to appropriate the barcelona Ricardo Gracia in 1914. True, the first official mention of the cocktail occurred only in 1922, when the magazine "Travel" told about it. After 8 years, "Pina Kolada" became terribly popular, in the course of time the number of people who tried it, was constantly increasing. In 1950, a sensational cocktail was written in an article in the legendary New York Times. Four years after this publication, the barman of the Caribbean Hilton hotel Ramon Marrero said that it was he who, over the course of three months, was engaged in the development of a recipe. Maybe it was he who could have given himself the first discovery of this cocktail, if at the same time the authorship was not stated in the place "Old San Juan". Today, Pina Colada is the official drink of Puerto Rico.

"Pina Colada" - cocktail in our days

Whoever the author of this creation was, but that hethought up, this is the very thing. Of course, the "Pina Colada" - a cocktail is not for everyone, not everyone can understand what his real taste is. And while some people refuse to try the cocktail again, others are already thinking about how to learn how to cook it at home. Of course, this delicious cocktail will not be difficult to order, for example, in a restaurant and bar, but there are times when you do not want to go anywhere, and the desire to drink "Pinus Colada" takes over. In this case, you can do two things: either buy a ready-made cocktail in a bottle or cook it, having all the necessary products at hand. It should be noted that originally the "Pina Kolada" was a non-alcoholic cocktail, it was then added to it rum. It is also interesting that the very first cocktail was prepared from ordinary pineapple juice, even the name itself is translated as "filtered pineapple". Well, will not languish in anticipation and see how to prepare a cocktail of "Pina Colada" at home.

Recipe

We need: for one glass, 50 grams of white rum, 75 g of coconut liquor, 75 g of pineapple juice, 50 g of ice.

Preparation: take ice and beat it in a blender, add goby rum, and when well mixed, add coconut liqueur. Once again, everything is good to beat and add pineapple juice.

Pour the cocktail into a glass, decorate with a slicepineapple, cherries and paste the straw. It is worth paying attention to the fact that if possible, the cocktail is best prepared in a shaker. By the way, instead of coconut liquor can be used liquor Malibu.

"Pina Colada" is a cocktail that has severaloptions. At any opportunity, the classical recipe is modified to thereby obtain a new taste. For example, lovers of soft drinks can try the cocktail "Virgin Pina Colada", which is prepared as described above, but without the addition of rum. You can try and such cocktails with the liqueur "Pina Colada" - "Chi-chi" (rum is replaced by vodka), "Miami Weiss" (a mixture of "Pina Kolada" and no less delicious "Daikiri strawberry").

Budgetary
"Pina colada"

It turns out that even the so-calleda budget cocktail "Pina Colada". Of course, he is far from his colleague, but it turns out also quite tasty. To make it, you need 300 ml of vodka, 3 bananas, 1 can of condensed milk, 2 eggs and 100 ml of cream. All ingredients are laid out in a blender and thoroughly whisked. The mixture is poured into a glass and, if desired, is decorated with a bright straw and a decorative cocktail umbrella.