Pineapple Mojito

  Posted on July 12, 2013  by Leslie Blythe  No comments

I leave today’s blog to my wonderful husband Eric, my in-house cocktail aficionado.

Fresh pineapple is one of the best of the tropical fruit-well worth the effort to skin and core, light years better than the canned kind (unless we are talking about a pineapple upside down cake, in which case the opposite is true). As good as the fruit is on its own, it is fantastic in drinks. While pineapple is very sweet when properly ripened, there is plenty of acidity to balance the sugar and create the perfect foil for rum. The Mojito, that perfect combination of rum, mint and lime, is an excellent vehicle for pineapple and lighter, somehow, than traditional rum and pineapple tropical drinks that live in Tiki-land, especially if you add a splash of club soda just before serving.

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