Minty Pineapple Rum Food

PINEAPPLE MOJITO RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, bring the water and pineapple juice to a low boil. Add the raw sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
• Remove from the heat. The light foam caused by the warm pineapple juice will dissipate after a few minutes; stirring speeds this up.
• Let the syrup cool completely before bottling in a jar with a tight seal. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a collins glass , add the raw sugar pineapple syrup, pineapple chunks, lime wedges, and torn mint leaves. Muddle well to mash the fruits.
• Add the rum and fill the glass with ice.
• Top with club soda.
• Garnish with a sprig of mint, pineapple wedge, and lime slice.

FRESH PINEAPPLE WITH RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat half-and-half and brown sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat to simmering.
• Whisk about 1 cup hot half-and-half into egg yolks, then whisk yolks into remaining half-and-half. Cook, whisking constantly, over low heat until slightly thickened, 7-10 minutes. Strain through sieve and let cool to room temperature. Stir in rum and refrigerate covered.
• Cut tops and bottoms from pineapples and cut away peels and eyes. Quarter lengthwise. Remove cores and cut each quarter lengthwise in half. Spoon sauce over pineapple and garnish with mint sprigs.

PINEAPPLE RUM COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Blend one fourth of pineapple juice with all of mint and sugar in a blender until mint is finely chopped, then pour into a pitcher with lime juice and remaining pineapple juice. Chill until ready to use.
• Just before serving, fill tall glasses halfway with ice and add 3 tablespoons rum to each, then top with 1/2 cup juice.

PINEAPPLE MOJITO

Steps:

• Muddle mint leaves, sugar, and pineapple in a highball glass.
• Fill glass with ice cubes. Pour in pineapple juice and rum. Top with a splash of club soda. Garnish with pineapple wedge and remaining mint leaves.

MINT-PINEAPPLE RUM COOLER

Steps:

• In a tall glass filled with ice stir together rum, juice, and syrup until combined well.
• Garnish drink with pineapple and mint.
• To make simple syrup:
• Chop mint. In a saucepan bring sugar, water and mint to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Simmer syrup, undisturbed, 2 minutes. Pour syrup through a fine sieve, pressing hard on solids, and cool. Syrup keeps, covered and chilled, 2 weeks. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.