Name: Pineapple Mocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400 ml pineapple juice, chilled; 80 g coconut cream; 3 limes, juice only, about 90 ml; 300 g ice cubes; 4 pineapple wedges, about 80 g

Pineapple Mocktail

Pineapple juice shaken with lime, coconut cream and ice, served in a tall glass with a pineapple wedge.

5 min total Serves 4 servings Easy

Make Ahead and Storage

Best drunk at once.

Making Pineapple Mocktail

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Put the pineapple juice, coconut cream, lime juice and half the ice into a shaker or jar.
Shake hard for 15 seconds.
Strain into four tall glasses filled with the remaining ice.
Add a pineapple wedge to each glass and serve at once.

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Tips for Success

Use the thick part of the coconut cream.
Shake hard.
Taste before pouring.
Strain over fresh ice.

Some Background

Pineapple, coconut, lime: the three flavours of a piña colada, without the rum. The coconut cream gives the drink its body, and the lime gives it its life.

Use chilled juice and a can of coconut cream from the fridge, and spoon off only the thick top layer. Coconut cream that has been shaken in the can is thinner and gives a weaker drink. Shake hard with ice for 15 seconds. The ice chills the mixture and the shaking creates a frothy top.

Pineapple juice is sweet, so the lime has to be generous. Squeeze it fresh, and taste before pouring. If it is too sweet, a little more lime fixes it. If it is too sharp, a spoonful of coconut cream rounds it off.

Strain into tall glasses over fresh ice, because the shaking ice is by then half melted. Add a wedge of pineapple on the rim and a straw, and serve at once. A little crushed ice makes it feel more like a holiday.

Good Alongside

Grilled prawns · Tacos · Jerk chicken · Rice and peas

Common Substitutions & Variations

Lemon is the everyday swap for limes in this kind of dish — the acidity plays the same role even though the flavour is not identical.