Sparkling Pineapple-Mint Juice with Grilled Pineapple
User Reviews
5
8 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Total Time
15 mins
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Servings
4 -6
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Cuisine
Brazilian
Sparkling Pineapple-Mint Juice with Grilled Pineapple
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This sparkling pineapple mint juice is a refreshing and tasty summer drink that can be accompanied by grilled pineapple. A drink with eats!
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Ingredients
- 1 pineapple peeled, cored, and cut mostly into chunks/cubes (reserve about 8 to 12 cubes and 4 to 6 small to medium triangles to garnish the drink, large, fresh, ripe
- 6 cups sparkling water if desired, use regular water, chilled
- 10 leaves mint large leaves (plus more to garnish, fresh
- 1½ cups granulated sugar white
- ice crushed
Instructions
- Reserve about 8 to 12 cubes and 4 to 6 small to medium triangles to grill and garnish the drink if desired. In a blender, blend together the remaining pineapple chunks, sparkling water or regular water, mint leaves, and sugar until obtaining a smooth mixture. Strain the mixture, place into a pitcher with as much crushed ice as desired, and garnish with mint leaves and grilled pineapple triangles. The grilled pineapple cubes can be inserted by two's onto picks to garnish the top of each of the 4-6 glasses, as shown in the pictures.
- To grill the pineapple, brush a hot griddle with vegetable oil and grill both the reserved pineapple chunks and triangles on all sides until grill marks appear, about 1 ½ to 2 minutes per side. Let cool down and garnish the drink.
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