{photo credits: Pete & Kelli Bronksi}
It’s Friday, you guys! And I don’t know about you, but on Friday evenings there’s nothing I’d rather do than sip on a fancy cocktail and have a dance party in the kitchen to celebrate the end of a long week. This month (can you believe it’s March already?), I’m starting a new feature on my blog. Each Friday, I’ll share a cocktail recipe from my friends around the internets who are bloggers, authors, chefs and foodies. I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!
This week we are kicking things off with Pete and Kelli Bronski of No Gluten, No Problem. They are also the authors of Artisanal Gluten-Free Cooking and Artisanal Gluten-Free Cupcakes, and Pete tells me that they will have a new cookbook coming out in 2014 (yay!). I can’t wait to try their fabulous blended cocktail that they first sampled on a vacation in St. Croix…
We discovered the source inspiration for this tasty beverage while visiting Cane Bay. While lounging on the beach, a server from the nearby restaurant Eat @ Cane Bay came by with small samples of a cocktail du jour. They were hoping to entice beachgoers to come in to the open-air joint for cocktails, and perhaps some lunch.
Boy did it work for us. We were caught, hook, line, and sinker. This drink wasn’t good. It was great. Coconut. Fresh lime. Local rum. What’s not to love? Upon returning to New York, we set about developing our own version and today’s recipe is the delicious result.
Pete recommends enjoying this refreshing cocktail with their pineapple guava BBQ sauce over boneless country-style pork ribs (a recipe also inspired by their holiday). I’m thinking that we all need a vacation like this to promote more creativity in the kitchen!
Cheers!
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This cool, refreshing cocktail recipe is by Pete and Kelli Bronski of No Gluten, No Problem. Inspired by their holiday in St. Croix, I think you will easily imagine yourself in the tropics when you take a sip.
Ingredients
- 4 shots Cruzan vanilla rum
- 4 shots cream of coconut (sweetened coconut cream, such as Coco Lopez)
- 1 shot agave nectar
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice (about 2 to 3 limes)
- 1/4 fresh lime
- 1 tbsp finely shredded, unsweetened, dehydrated coconut (such as Let's Do...Organic)
- 2 large cups ice (500g by weight)
- Lime wedges, for garnish
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Garnish glasses with wedges of lime.
Notes
The recipe calls for 1/4 fresh lime. Yes, the whole thing ... rind and all. Depending on how powerful your blender is, it may be a good idea to cut up the 1/4 lime into smaller pieces, but either way, in it all goes!
I think I need to have a party just as an excuse to make this cocktail!
I was thinking the very same thing, Mary Fran! xo
Count me in!
This sounds heavenly. I’m currently on the beach in Mexico, sprawled out on chaize lounge, in my bikini, soaking up the sun, with this cocktail in hand. Perefection.
Ahhh…a girl can dream, right?
YES. I have that dream too. But at least it’s sunny and 80 here today so I can soak up a little sun in my backyard.
Yumm. Perfect for the weekend! I love it!
It is perfect for the weekend. Hope you have a great one, Alaine!
Phew! Kelli and Pete’s cocktail recipe is not the same as mine…amen! Another most-excellent sipper to try! Lime and Coconut? In rum? What’s not to love? Looove that she used vanilla rum in there for some magical mixology. Kelli, you rocked it! And, with BBQ pork ribs…all tender-smoky-sticky-sweet-tasty? Would there BE any other choice? Pete is right! Pinning…immediately. Thank you, Ali, for such a ‘fabuloso’ twist on Friday Cocktails with guest blog posts and cocktail recipes with great back stories of their origins to boot. You ROCK, girlfriend! xo
I know…I have to make those ribs tonight. They sound so fantastic, don’t they? Have a great weekend, stacy! xo
Need this NOW! Oh wait, it’s only 10:38 am! Maybe later!
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