I have only visited the pool a handful of times this year, but the last time I was there I knew that I wanted to make a frozen concoction to sip-on while floating around. My mind automatically went to tropical, so I bought a pineapple.
The great thing about using pineapple for a cocktail, beside the sweetness and it's ability to play well with most liquors, is that it is very juicy. So juicy that when tossed in a blender alone releases a ton of liquid juice and not a lot of pulp/fruit mush.
I wanted to create something simple, with few ingredients, and with no added sugar. After chopping and blending the pineapple I added the gin and just a touch of 100% pineapple juice. To make the cocktail more well rounded I added a banana and it was done.
Blended with ice to turn the cocktail into a smoothie of sorts, it was ready to consume. Split between three only yielded a drink per person; I loved it so much I was wishing I had a second pineapple to make another batch.
