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Mint-Pineapple Rum Cooler

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    <p>Makes 1 Serving.</p>

Ingredients

3 tablespoons dark rum
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
2 tablespoons minted simple syrup

For minted simple syrup:

1 1/2 cups packed fresh mint leaves
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Garnish: pineapple slices and fresh mint sprigs

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a tall glass filled with ice stir together rum, juice, and syrup until combined well.

    Step 2

    Garnish drink with pineapple and mint.

  2. To make simple syrup:

    Step 3

    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.

TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesRumMintHerbs & SpicesPineappleFruit5 Ingredients or FewerSummerGourmet
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