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| West African Tropical Heaven |
Cocktails! Who would say no to one? Whether it’s virgin
or laced with your favourite rum, tequila, vodka, gin etc your taste buds
tingle at the sound and description of one. If you're feeling nostalgic about home, this cocktail is filled with vibrant tropical fruits that would tantalise your taste buds.
I am picky when it comes to eating fruits. Tropical
fruits however, give me a natural high. This could either be the result of the natural
sugars or juice from the flesh of the fruit. Sierra Leone being in a tropical region
is blessed with a range of fruits mango, guava, papaya, coconut, star fruit, variety
of plums, the list goes on. Growing up in Freetown, access to fresh, organic
tropical fruit was easy. They either grow in your back yard, your neighbours or
you can find a variety at Kroo Town Road Market one of the major markets in the
city.
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| Tropical goodness |
For this post I decided to make a cocktail from my
three favourite tropical fruits, mango, pineapple and pawpaw (papaya). You can prepare this with or with alcohol and it would taste
just as heavenly. I opted to do without however; it goes well with either tequila
or vodka. The fruits a naturally sweet therefore you can do without adding extra
sugar however, if you prefer extra sweetness, 2 table spoonful would be enough
for the serving below.
Aprons on!!!
Ingredients
1.
3 medium sized ripe mango
2.
1 medium sized pineapple
3.
1 medium sized pawpaw
4.
3 fresh lime
5.
4 table spoon coarse brown sugar
6.
Glass of crushed ice
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| Coarse sugar to decorate glass rim |
Preparation
- Peel and cut all three fruits into sizeable chunky
cubes
- Put each fruit into a freezer bag and let the
fruits freeze a day or at least couple of hours before preparation.
- Once the fruits have been frozen, put equal
amount of the frozen fruits into the blender.
- Add 2 table spoon of sugar and squeeze in 2
fresh limes.
- Add crush ice and blend everything together.
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| frozen fruits ready to be blended |
Serving
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| Zesting the rim of the glass |
1.
Zest the three limes on a plate. This should be done at least
10 min before serving to let the zest dry out.
2.
You
have the option to pour some coarse sugar over the zest and mix together, or
you can have each on separate plates.
3.
Cut a small wedge from one of the juiced and zested limes and
rub it around the rim of the glasses.
4.
Dip the rim of the glass into the sugar and move it around in
a circle. Repeat this with the lime zest until you have a pretty lime sugary
rim.
5.
Then pour the Tropical Heaven until it reaches the level of
the sugar.
Voila! Drink is ready
to take you to heaven!
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| Nina's Tropical Heaven |
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