Grilled Pineapple and Scotch Bonnet Margarita Recipe
This cocktail combination is the perfect blend for Cinco de mayo. It consists of sweet and spicy notes. This is an amazing and interesting way to enjoy a margarita.
Preparation Time
- Serves: 1
- Style: Build
- Glass: Old Fashioned
Ingredients
For Grilled Pineapple
- Pineapple (cut into 1-inch thick slices
Scotch bonnet Infused simple syrup
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup water
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper
Cocktail Recipe
- Crushed ice
- ½ ounces simple syrup
- 2 ounces pineapple juice
- 2 ounces white rum
- 1 ounce triple sec ( optional)
- Splash lime juice
- 2 1-inch thick slices of grilled pineapple (chilled)
- Lime wedge for garnish
- ● Citrus salt or kosher salt (for rimming your glass)
Instruction
1. Cut pineapple into 1 inch thick rings, discarding the rind an core. Preheat the grill/frying pan to medium-high and oil it lightly. Grill pineapple for 4-5 minutes on each side, until you get nice grill marks and it begins to soften slightly.Place the grilled pieces in a bowl and allow to cool completely in the refrigerator.
2. For the simple syrup – Add sugar and water to a sauce pan to simmer until the liquid starts to form a syrup for roughly 5 minutes then add scotch bonnet pepper and allow to steep and cool.
3. To build the cocktail. – Rim your glass with salt then add crushed ice, simple syrup, lime juice, rum, triple sec if used and pineapple juice. Garnish with grilled pineapple and lime wedge. Enjoy