Pineappleade (Southeast Asia)

Submitted by Sydney Mike

"This recipe was found in the 2005 cookbook, The Best Recipes in the World, & I'm including it here for consideration during the ZWT6/"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Yields: 1 quart
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 pineapple, peeled & cut into chunks
• 1⁄2 cup fresh lime juice

directions

1. In a small saucepan combine sugar & water over medium heat. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves, then set aside to cool.
2. Put pineapple in a blender with enough water to cover the fruit, then puree.
3. Strain the pineapple mash, pressing on the solids to extract as much juice as possible.
4. Combine the pineapple juice with enough water (or sparkling water) to make 1 quart, then add lime juice & sugar syrup to taste.
5. Chill & serve.

Reviews

[Artandkitchen]

Fantastic non alcoholic drink.<br/>I served this for us and our guest in the garden. I added so much sugar sirup as needed, but I think it would be great even with honey or neutra sweet.<br/>I used lime juice for the special tropical touch.<br/>Thanks a lot for your recipe.

 

[UmmBinat]

This is a good summer drink, chilled well of course. I did tweak it to be more healthy by substituting creamed honey in place of sugar in a lesser amount. I would say the sweetener could probably be cut in half as I found ours still a bit too sweet. I used spring water, a very ripe pineapple (that's sweeter of course) and to stay true to being "fresh" and healthy I used freshly squeezed lemon juice instead of lime juice from a bottle. I would like to make this the same way again with a 1/2 cup honey. Made for ZWT6 Asian region, for my team, The Ya Ya Cookerhood!

 

[realbirdlady]

Refreshing fruit beverage. I prefer with about half as much sugar, or possibly less with an extra sweet pineapple. I did one batch with only a coarse strain, retaining most of the fiber, which I preferred, although it may not be as pretty.