Lava Flows

Lately I have been obsessed with fruity drinks I can make since the weather is teasingly close to summer temperatures.  So you may or may not be seeing a lot of cold, refreshing, thirst quenching drinks coming up in future posts.  This one is super easy!  I have never had it before, but is very pretty to look at & just as enjoyable to drink.  Cheers!
 

Lava Flows

Recipe altered from The Coterie Blog by: Amber (Dessert Now, Dinner Later!)

• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup cream of coconut (Coco Lopez or whatever brand you can get; in the alcoholic mixers aisle.)
• 2 cups ice
• 2 Tbsp water
• 3 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 lb of strawberries

1. Blend the pineapple juice, cream of coconut, & ice in a blender until smooth.  Set aside.
2. Heat water in microwave until boiling (20-30 seconds.)  Add sugar & stir until dissolved to create a simple syrup.  Add the simple syrup to strawberries & puree in a separate blender (I use my Magic Bullet for this, or you can use a food processor.) *You may blend one or two ice cubes with the strawberries if you wish.
3. In a clear cup, pour some strawberry mixture in the bottom of the glass.  Then add some pina colada mixture; the strawberry mixture should come up the sides of the cup around the pina colada mixture.  Swirl lightly with a spoon. Repeat a second time (layer of stawberries/layer of pina colada.)
4. Garnish with a strawberry or pineapple & serve immediately.  Makes 2 drinks.