Frozen Pineapple Mai Tai - Mighty Mrs | Super Easy Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What is in a Bacardi pineapple Mai Tai? ›

Premium rum co*cktail made with a blend of pineapple, natural tropical fruit flavors, lime juice and sweetened with cane sugar. From humble beginnings in Santiago de Cuba, Bacardi created the first mixable rum, launched an entire co*cktail culture and emerged as the world's largest privately held spirits company.

What's the difference between a Bahama Mama and a Mai Tai? A Bahama Mama is a blended drink made with orange and pineapple juice, coconut rum, dark rum, lime juice, and grenadine, while a Mai Tai is made of rum, orange Curaçao, lime juice, and orgeat syrup, and usually served on the rocks.

Most mai tai recipes are rather potent drinks, mixing up to around 20 percent ABV (40 proof) when made with two 80 proof rums. The amount of alcohol will vary; some mai tais are stronger, while the fruitier recipes are slightly lighter.

Once the drink is shaken and served over ice (crushed is best), it's time for the garnish. Go wild, if you're feeling creative. Some Mai Tais feature everything from pineapple wedges to cherries on top.

Jamaican Rum and Martinique Rum. The original Mai Tai was made with a single long-aged Jamaican Rum. But these days you often see recipes calling for an ounce of Jamaican rum and an ounce of rum from Martinique.

The traditional Mai Tai is a rum sour (also called a daiquiri) made with two kinds of rum, lime juice, and orgeat and orange liqueur as the sweetener.

Mai Tai. Tropical drinks, like Mai Tais, are usually made with sugar-heavy juices and, occasionally, pre-made mixes. The excessive calories contained in fruity co*cktails like this can displace more nutritious foods and well-rounded meals, causing you not only to gain weight but also to become undernourished.

This pina colada clocks in at only 200 calories. This co*cktail is traditionally made with a good amount of rum and lesser amounts of curacao liqueur, lime juice and simple syrup. One fluid ounce of rum has about 100 calories, but a mai tai typically uses 2 fluid ounces — that's 200 straight-alcohol calories.

Our preferred brand is the Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao, as we've found it to be a little bit more neutrally balanced in the co*cktail than some other brands. You can definitely taste the orange but it doesn't get in the way of the rum in your Mai Tai.

While Hemingway suggests drinking “three to five of these slowly”, we would definitely have to disagree. And last on our list, but certainly not the least (amount of alcohol, that is), we have the Aunt Roberta. This co*cktail contains 100% liquor and is widely regarded as THE strongest co*cktail in the world.

Which is the strongest co*cktail? ›

As William Weis mentioned below, the Aunt Roberta co*cktail is considered one of the strongest, because the top ingredients are absinthe and vodka, followed by gin, brandy, and berry liqueur. Right up there with that is the Long Island Iced Tea - with 5 liquors in it: vodka, rum, gin, tequila, and triple sec.

A popular co*cktail that pairs rum and orange juice is called a Brass Monkey, a bottled co*cktail from the 1970's and 1980's.

The Malibu & Pineapple is a modern tropical classic that emerged from the desire to capture the essence of a sunny beach getaway in a glass.

Mai Tai and food pairing

Delicious to enjoy with a bit sweet and sour dishes in Asian style, possibly with a spicy tip, you can accompany it as an after - and During - dinner with both meat and fish..

Mai Tai means 'out of this world' in Tahitian - it's the perfect name for this irresistibly exotic co*cktail. Combine fresh zesty ingredients with BACARDÍ Añejo Cuatro Rum for full-flavored enjoyment.

BACARDÍ Pineapple rum is a unique fusion of naturally fresh pineapple and white rum. Open a bottle and take your taste buds on a trip to the tropics, without ever leaving your own backyard.

What is Orgeat? Orgeat is a sweetened co*cktail syrup made from a base of almonds sweetened with sugar and mixed with flavoring like citrus, or floral essences like rose water and orange extract.

Thus, today I'm excited to present to you my favorite piña colada recipe. It's made with 3 simple ingredients — frozen pineapple, rum and coconut milk. It only takes a minute or two to blend up. It contains zero added sweeteners (trust me, the pineapple and coconut milk already make it plenty sweet).