Piña Colada Sorbet
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Homemade Pina Colada Sorbet is a perfect summer treat for those yearning for a tropical beach. It’s a pineapple island sorbet spiked with a bit of coconut milk and rum for the big kids.
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I’ve always liked July. June has passed, with its bright optimism, the summer stretching out before it, and August’s heat ramping up for back-to-school season still feels far away. Yes, July is where the magic of summer happens: warm evenings spent lakeside, fires glowing and children chasing lightning bugs in the grass. Pure heaven.
While living in the Midwest may not afford me access to certain luxuries like ocean views, seashell collecting and the like, I still enjoy the beauty that summer has to offer, even when summer occurs in backyard pools and cheering the kids on from the soccer sidelines.
This week, we embraced summer with a nod to those enjoying those oceanfront tropical beaches with a pineapple and coconut island sorbet, spiked with a bit of coconut milk and rum for the big kids. Our beaches may look over smaller bodies of water, but when it’s 95º F and 80% humidity, it sure feels pretty tropical here.
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How to pick the perfect pineapple:
- Crown: Look for bright green leaves, not wilted or crisp ones. Green leaves are a good sign that the pineapple is fresh.
- Smell: A pineapple should smell fruity, but not overly sweet. Smelling overly sweet is a sign of fermentation and that the pineapple is past its prime.
- Body: The body should be firm and not squishy, but not as hard as the glass bowl you intend to place it in. It should have some golden areas in with the green.
- Pulling the leaves: While some say if the inside leaves in the crown pull off easily the pineapple is ripe, others refute this claim and its relevance towards picking the pineapple for you.
A ripe pineapple can make or break this sorbet, as there aren’t many other sweet elements being added in. If you simply can’t find a ripe pineapple, adding a scoop or two of sugar to taste.
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Before you know it, you’ll think you’re basking in the midday sun under a beach umbrella, a bowl of piña colada sorbet to keep you cool.
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Piña Colada Sorbet
Homemade Pina Colada Sorbet is a perfect summer treat for those yearning for a tropical beach. It’s a pineapple island sorbet spiked with a bit of coconut milk and rum for the big kids.
Ingredients
- 3-4 cups fresh ripe pineapple, cubed (approximately 1 whole pineapple)
- 1 cup coconut milk
- ½ cup cream of coconut
- ½ cup ginger syrup or simple syrup
- 2 tablespoons dark rum or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place pineapple, coconut milk, cream of coconut, syrup, and rum or extract in a blender or food processor and pulse until no large chunks remain. Increase speed and blend until smooth.
- Pour into a medium saucepan and heat until boiling*. Turn off heat, cool completely in the refrigerator.
- When the mixture is cool, pour into an ice cream machine and mix according to the manufacturer’s directions. Remove and serve immediately or cover and freeze until firm. This sorbet is delicious both ways.
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Mmm, dessert and cocktails in one! Pina Colda just says summer time to me. I imagine myself poolside with some of this sorbet to cool me off.
The Pina Colada Sorbet lloks divine …. BUT … What can we use/do if we do not have an ice cream making machine?
Hi Cheryl and Shaina! Beautiful sorbet & it is so fun to see this special guest over here. A true treat 🙂
Shaina, this looks amazing!! Perfect for the Summer.
Ice cream with rum? Love
woo hoo, a dessert cocktail. for those of us not doing any big trips this summer, this could make one feel as thought they are on vacation!
My sentiments exactly, Susan!
Shaina….I love your description of July….it *almost* makes my like summer! Ha!
This sorbet sounds amazing…we LOVE pineapple. Can’t wait to give this a try!
I’m willing to bet if your summer and winter looked like a Midwest one, you’d embrace summer fully. 😉 Stay cool down there, Bridget!
This looks luscious! I can’t wait to try it, wonderful guest post!
I love July, too. Wish we could have July for at least 3 months!! This recipe looks super refreshing, and perfect for this glorious summer month. Beautiful, Shaina!
Delicious! Will put this on the list of sorbets to try real soon!
This sounds great!! Where do I find cream of Coconu and the Ginger syrup??
Thanks,
Tracy, I made my ginger syrup. There’s a link to it in the recipe, but you can also use a simple syrup, which is just equal parts sugar and water boiled until the sugar is dissolved. It’s great for cocktails, too.
Cream of coconut is sweetened coconut cream. I’ve seen it in the Asian section of most grocery stores near the coconut milk, or you can go to an Asian market as well.
Hope that helps!
I love pina colada and I love this recipe – thanks for sharing – reminds me of Hawaii!
I can’t wait to give this sorbet a try! Summer time in a bowl. I’m all for it!
I want to make this, this weekend. The hot weather certainly warrants it! Perhaps I’ll stir-in toasted coconut flakes for flavor and texture.
I love the idea of piña colada sorbet… Yum!
i’d like to order a quarter of this for carry-out please!!! rum, coconut and warm ginger syrup . . . happy sigh . . .
Two scoops, please, Shaina. And I’m with you on the July love.
What a perfect combination of flavors. It sounds delicious.
oh, that looks so good. I love coconut and I love pina colada , I am in heaven now!
I am in total ice cream mode right now and this looks perfect!
Looks so yummy and perfect for summer time! Thanks for sharing 😉 Visiting from Amanda’s party.
Or maybe I am buying an ice cream machine! Stumbled…
Oh my! That looks amazing!!
Hi,
I found your recipe on Pinterest and just HAD to make it right away! Plus it gave me an opportunity to test out my new ice-cream maker! 🙂 You were absolutely right that the ripeness of the pineapple makes or breaks this recipe. Unfortunately, the pineapple I picked wasn’t all the way ripe just yet, so the taste had a little bit of a bitterness to it…but it was easily remedied with some more condensed milk (which I used since I wasn’t able to find cream of coconut in my local store). All in all it was simply delicious!
I actually wrote a review on it on my blog. I ended up adding some Malibu rum to a glass full of this sorbet and it was OMG amazing!!!
Thanks for a fantastic recipe!
Take care,
Jelena