Hawaiian Drinks ala Kelly & Nora
By theprofessionalhobo ~ November 21st, 2007. Filed under: Hawaii.
When you live in a world where you can pick plentiful fruit off the tree and eat it right away, drinks take on a whole new meaning. And the bartenders in Kelly & I are having a field day coming up with new mixology masterpieces. Here are a few made from off-the-tree ingredients to whet your appetite:
Coconut Rum
Just as it sounds, this is a refreshing and light drink. Green coconuts are full of yummy coconut water, and can be found everywhere. Simply chop off one end (carefully!) with a machete and reserve the plentiful liquid inside. Add some rum (preferably medium or dark in colour), and there you have it! Adding just a touch of cane sugar can bring out more of the sweet coconut flavour if you’re a little short on the liquid-to-rum ratio.
Kelly tried to make it more interesting by adding other ingredients, and found that the best combination is the simple one – coconut water and rum. Possibly just a small squeeze of lime would enhance the flavour, but we didn’t want to cut into a lime just for that.
Passion Fruit, Orange, Ginger
This drink is just also as it sounds. Passion fruit (known here as liliquoy) goes great with ginger, as does orange. So we put all three in the blender and came up with a wonderful and refreshing summer drink. It is best enjoyed when given time for the flavours to meld in the fridge for a few hours to bring out the ginger flavour.
Starfruit, Tahitian Limes, Rum
We really have to start coming up with more creative names for our drinks. We blended up some starfruit, squeezed Tahitian limes (which are almost sweet enough to peel and eat), added some sugar, and spiked with rum. Although you can strain it, we found the pulp from the starfruit adds a welcome texture to the drink.
Orange & Tangelo
Although I’m not exactly sure of the difference between oranges and tangelos, the combination of the two as a freshly squeezed juice is magical. Not too tangy, not too sweet – this one is a keeper.
Caprihina
We can’t take credit for the invention of this drink (or the name!), but we very inadvertently made it one night. Lemons here look almost like oranges (they’re so big and bright in colour), and the limes are sweet and look more like the lemons we’re used to from the city. Combine these juices with some sugar and water (preferably soda water but in a pinch we just used plain old water) and add some rum and you’re in for a lemonade with a yummy kick.
That’s all for now, but stay tuned for a post detailing all the amazing things that grow here which we can eat (some of which were featured here). And we promise – pictures will be accompany them too.
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November 21st, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Hey Nora (and Kelly), love your posts. Good luck with everything.
The name for the last drink is “Caipirinha” (loosely translated from Portuguese as “little hillbilly”).