Name: Champagne Piña Colada
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 25 ml Rum - Light white (charcoal-filtered) 1-3 year old; 5 ml Rum - Agricole blanc rhum; 20 ml Pineapple (ananas) liqueur; 15 ml Champagne/sparkling wine brut; 45 ml Pineapple juice; 2 Coconut sorbet; 45 ml Champagne/sparkling wine brut

Serve in a

Flute glass

Garnish:

Raw coconut (or toasted coconut flakes)

How to make:

BLEND first 6 ingredients with 4oz scoop of crushed ice (including 15ml/ ½oz champagne) and pour into chilled glass which has been pre-charged with 45ml/ 1½oz of chilled champagne.

5/6 fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1/6 fl oz	Rhum Clément Blanc
2/3 fl oz	Giffard Caribbean Pineapple liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine
1 1/2 fl oz	Pineapple juice
2 scoop	Coconut sorbet
1 1/2 fl oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine
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Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites, Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

To make Coconut sorbet:

Blend 100ml cream of coconut, 200ml coconut milk and 200ml coconut water on medium speed until fully mixed, then pour into an ice-cream maker to chill and churn until the desired consistency is obtained.

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Review:

Deliciously creamy pineapple and coconut enlivened by champagne with rum notes shining through.

Variant:

Piña Colada (Difford's recipe)
Piña Colada (Puerto Rican style)
Piña Colada (Cuban style)
Temperance Piña Colada

History:

Adapted from Chris Moore's award-winning signature cocktail which has been served at Coupette, Bethnal Green, London since the French-influenced neighbourhood bar opened in 2017. The recipe's proportions have been tweaked since the bar opened but the ingredients have remained constant:

20ml Bacardi Heritage
10ml Trois Rivières Blanc
40ml Fresh Pineapple Juice
35ml House-made acidic pineapple cordial
3 scoops Coconut Sorbet
60ml Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial

Coconut Sorbet is not easily available in the UK, hence our recipe to make your own. For ease, we've also swapped Coupette's house-made acidic pineapple cordial for pineapple liqueur and rebalanced proportions accordingly. At Coupette, they make their cordial by soaking leftover pineapple skins in sugar syrup overnight and mixing with citric acid.

See Piña Colada history

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Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
13.61% alc./vol. (27.22° proof)
21.1 grams of pure alcohol

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