Mrs. Mai Tai ordered this pink “pinkglow” pineapple, which originated in Costa Rica. If you can get past this thing looking exactly like a side of ham, you’ll find it is a sweeter type of pineapple that is particularly tasty when cut up and eaten raw. Definitely not cheap to obtain but I thought it was worth trying at least once.
I got some juice while coring the pineapple, and while I didn’t go out of my way to “juice” the pineapple, I was able to get enough to try this out in a cocktail. I did a riff on the Blue Hawaii.
Pink Hawaii
1½ oz Pink Pineapple Juice
½ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Simple Syrup
½ oz Cointreau
1½ oz Light Rum (Denizen 3)
Call me a sucker but I liked this version better than the traditional Blue Hawaii with yellow pineapple juice.
Pinkglow pineapples are available from Del Monte at www.pinkglowpineapple.com and cost $40.
it was $9 at our local grocery here in Kansas.
Thanks for noting it. The prices have come down a lot in the last couple years.