Friday, June 22, 2012

BBC Frozen Colada- Bananas, Baileys & Coconut


June 22nd... 54 degrees and pouring rain.
Happy second day of Summer to you too.
Don't you wish you were somewhere wonderful and hot and tropical?

How about a little wonderfulness of a tropical cocktail?
All my favorite flavors; banana, coconut and rum.

Ah St Maarten, what a wonderful, beautiful place.  I'm not sure why this cocktail is synonymous with that island, but somehow it is. It's the first place I had one, and once I started to research them, it seems like everyone's memories of this cocktail are from that fair isle.

We spent two weeks in St. Maarten last December, what a surprise that place was. First off, the booze is all duty free on the island... a liter bottle of Bailey's was $14.00 at the grocery store and came with 375 milliliter 'bonus' bottle. When your Bailey's is that cheap, I guess you start dreaming up frozen concoctions with it.

 Last weekend, when I first tried these at home, my husband proudly (loudly) announced this was his favorite mixed drink "of all time".  Hmmm..."of all time?" I drily remarked?
Ha, going to have to stop serving you buster, you are SO cut off!

Think ahead on the bananas, and next time you have a bunch going speckly and brown, peel them and freeze them whole in a large ziploc bag. Not only do they make excellent smoothies in the morning with a little juice, or yoghurt, but they also make fantastic cocktails.

BBC baby... this is where it is at.

Serves 2
Ingredients
2 bananas, frozen, broken into 4-5 bits each
1/3 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup Bailey's Irish Cream Liqueur
1/4 cup Malibu Rum
1/4 cup creme de Banana liqueur (creme de cacao would work too)

In a blender, break the frozen banana into 1-2" chunks, add in the liquid ingredients and blend on high until it is totally smooth.  Blend it a bit longer than you think it needs... unless you like a lump of frozen banana.  After one, or two, of these you won't care about the cold rain of a Seattle Summer, or of lump of frozen banana. 

You are going to be THIS HAPPY after one of these...



2 comments:

  1. Oh my! This sounds almost like my favorite Margaritaville drink, Havanas and Bananas (or, as we like to call them when we've had a few:Bananas and Pajamas) Can't wait to try it!

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  2. Ohhh, I love the sound of that! I will try that next time I get close to a Margaritaville. A 'Loaded Landshark" is my favorite drink there!

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