Amaretto Colada
Coconut, pineapple and almond.
A Piña Colada enriched with amaretto, which brings almond notes to the classic pairing of pineapple and coconut. Blended with ice, it is sweet, creamy and unmistakably summery.
- Long drink
- Blended
- Glass
- Hurricane glass
- Method
- Blended
- Strength
- Light
- Time
- 5 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Ice
- No ice
Ingredients
Measures for 1 serving
-
Pineapple juice
120 ml
-
Cream of coconut
90 ml
-
White rum
60 ml
-
Amaretto
45 ml
Garnish
- Pineapple slice
- Maraschino cherry
Proportions
How to make
- Pour the pineapple juice into the blender.
- Add the cream of coconut.
- Add the white rum.
- Add the amaretto.
- Add about two cups of ice.
- Blend until smooth and slushy.
- Pour into a hurricane glass.
- Garnish with pineapple and a cherry.
The story
Origins
LegendA story passed down, not confirmed by the sources.
The Amaretto Colada is one of many variations built around the Piña Colada, the famous Puerto Rican drink of rum, pineapple and coconut. There is no known inventor and no documented date of creation: the recipe circulates mainly on cooking sites and blogs, often as the Amaretto Piña Colada, and proportions vary considerably from one version to the next. The idea is simple: pair white rum with amaretto liqueur, whose bitter-almond notes soften and round out the drink's tropical profile. No reference recipe under this name appears in the main specialist guides, so it is best seen as a home-style variation rather than a codified classic.
Taste profile
- Sweet
- 4 out of 5
- Creamy
- 4 out of 5
- Fruity
- 4 out of 5
