Scoop Kitchen
Frozen Mai Tai
Pineapple, orange, lime and almond syrup spun with dark and white rum into a golden-amber tiki slush. Nutty, tart and tropical. Contains alcohol.
- Hands-on
- 5 min
- Freeze
- 24 h
- Program
- Frozen Drink
- Makes
- 4 glasses6 glasses
Nutrition
Per 100 g, estimatedPer serving (¼ of a 473 ml16 oz tubpint, about 116 g), estimated
Whole tubpint: 563 kcal, 1 g protein845 kcal, 2 g protein (709 ml24 oz). Contains: Tree nuts. Contains alcohol: for adults only.
Ingredients
8 ingredientsTap an ingredient when it is in the bowl
445 of 473 ml668 of 709 ml
In the tubpintScale reads
Put the empty tubpint (or your pan) on the kitchen scale and press zero. Add each ingredient until the scale shows the number on the right.
Add right before spinning
Mix everything in one big bowl, then divide it evenly between 2 tubspints.
Steps
- Stir 120 ml pineapple juice120 ml pineapple juice½ cup pineapple juice180 ml pineapple juice180 ml pineapple juice¾ cup pineapple juice, 60 ml orange juice60 ml orange juice¼ cup orange juice90 ml orange juice90 ml orange juice¼ cup + 2 tbsp orange juice, 60 ml fresh lime juice60 ml fresh lime juice¼ cup fresh lime juice90 ml fresh lime juice90 ml fresh lime juice¼ cup + 2 tbsp fresh lime juice, 40 ml almond syrup2½ tbsp almond syrup2½ tbsp almond syrup60 ml almond syrup60 ml almond syrup¼ cup almond syrup and 45 ml water3 tbsp water3 tbsp water70 ml water70 ml water¼ cup water together in a jug.
- Pour the base into an empty tubpint. It stays well below the max fill line, which leaves room for what you add before spinning. Put the lid on and freeze on a level shelf for 24 hours.
- Dig a hole about 4 cm1½ in wide down to the bottom of the frozen tubpint. Pour in 45 ml dark rum3 tbsp dark rum3 tbsp dark rum70 ml dark rum70 ml dark rum¼ cup dark rum, 45 ml white rum3 tbsp white rum3 tbsp white rum70 ml white rum70 ml white rum¼ cup white rum and 30 ml orange liqueur2 tbsp orange liqueur2 tbsp orange liqueur45 ml orange liqueur3 tbsp orange liqueur3 tbsp orange liqueur, then lock it into the machine and run Frozen Drink.
To serve: Serve in double rocks glasses with a big sprig of mint, a lime wheel and a pineapple wedge.
My notes
Tips
- For an alcohol-free version, use the same amount of cold pineapple juice in place of the rums and liqueur.
- Almond syrup (orgeat) is sold with the coffee syrups and cocktail mixers. Some are made with real almonds and some only with flavoring, so check the label and treat the drink as containing nuts.
- For a deeper, more traditional taste, use an aged dark rum. Slap the mint between your palms before adding it, so it smells fresh.
Why it works
The juices and almond syrup land at about 16% sugar, so the base freezes into fine ice, and the syrup adds a little body. Holding back both rums and the liqueur until processing keeps the base hard in the freezer, and then their alcohol softens the shaved ice into a sippable slush.
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