冰鎮菠蘿椰奶雞尾酒 ( 輕盈版) Lighten Up Piña Colada

很多年前有一次去西班牙旅行時，開始愛上了一款充滿熱帶風味的雞尾酒。

叫《 Piña Colada 》。

其意思是過濾了的菠蘿。這款雞尾酒是用新鮮菠蘿，加濃甜椰奶油和兩種蘭姆酒 Rum， 和冰塊，放進攪拌器裏拌勻。隔著調酒的過瀘器倒進盛了一半冰的高杯內，襯以菠蘿塊，用長飲管進飲。

I fell in love with the tropically - flavored cocktail " Piña Colada" during a visit to Spain many years ago.

The name literally translated  means " strained pineapple ". It's made with the sweetened cream of coconut, pineapple juice, cracked ice cubes plus two types of Rum. All mixed in a blender together, strained and served over some more cracked ice cubes in a tall glass; finally garnished with a pineapple wedge.

那時年輕的一家四口，兒子才七歲，女兒五歲。
A young family of 4 all those years ago, our son was only 7, our daughter was 5.

飲這式酒是會上癮的。因為清新香甜好入口！幸而當時有位好心的調酒師介紹了我這個健美版。因為不加糖，又用一種可作

飲品或加在甜品上的無糖椰奶 coconut milk ，代替通常加入雞

尾酒中脂肪較高和混了糖的甜椰奶油 cream of coconut。

熱量便減低了很多。飲後也較放心。

I found that it was very easy to become addicted to drinks like this, with its deliciously sweet and refreshing flavour. Luckily, a very kind local bartender suggested and mixed a lighter version of the same cocktail for me to try. It contained no added sugar, and he used a suitable for drinking / adding to desserts coconut milk, instead of the sweetened cream of coconut;  the calorie contents were reduced considerably,  and I've stuck to this recipe / formula every time when I ask for a " Piña Colada " .

冰鎮菠蘿椰奶雞尾酒 ( 輕盈版)  

( 1 人份 )

材料：

• 1 長高杯份量的碎冰
• 雞尾酒用具
• 白色蘭姆酒 white rum
• 馬里布椰味蘭姆酒 Malibu coconut - flavoured rum
• 可作飲用或加在甜品上的椰奶，如買不到的話就用專為開雞尾酒用的甜椰奶油 cream of coconut 好了。
• 菠蘿汁
• 新鮮菠蘿塊作裝飾 (怎樣可以容易切開菠蘿，可參考這篇 )

Lighten Up Piña Colada

( serves 1 )

Ingredients:

• 1 tall glass full of cracked ice cubes
• Cocktail tool kit
• White rum
• Malibu coconut - flavoured rum
• A can of suitable for drinking, adding to desserts coconut milk
• Pineapple juice
• Fresh pineapple wedges to decorate ( The simplest way to open and cut pineapple chunks is shown in this post ).

這套迷你雞尾酒用具套裝我是在 John Lewis 買回來的，售價 £ 40，不算貴啊，對不對？
包括 (右上圖順時針方向) :冰桶、用具架、雞尾酒搖動杯、過瀘器、份量杯、開瓶器和小木搗。
碎冰可以從超市買回來整包，放在冰櫃裏慢慢使用。也可以自製冰塊，然後用乾淨的餐巾包著槌碎。

I bought this mini - bar tool set from John Lewis. It was only £40, quite reasonable, don't you think?
It contains ( clockwise from top right ):  An ice bucket, the tool holder, a cocktail shaker, strainer, shot measure, bottle opener and a wood muddler.
 You can buy a whole bag of clean, ready-to-use crushed ice cubes from most supermarket retailer. Alternatively you can crush the ice yourself,  using a clean napkin to wrap some homemade ice cubes up, bash the ice cubes with a meat tenderer to crack them.

做法：

1. 如上圖左下。搖動杯內先加入半杯碎冰，然後用份量杯把 1 份的 white rum ，1 份的 Malibu，4 份菠蘿汁， 2 份椰奶倒進。
2. 扭緊內外蓋，上下大力搖晃一會至杯身冒上一層冰冷的水氣。小心扭開杯蓋，倒入已有半杯碎冰和被冷凍過的高杯中。插上菠蘿塊長飲筒便成。

Steps:

1. As above bottom left photo.  Put half glass of cracked ice cube into a cocktail shaker. Pour 1 measure white rum, 1 measure Malibu, 4 measures pineapple juice, 2 measures coconut milk over the ice.
2. Close the lids tight, then shake vigorously until a frost forms. Half - fill a chilled tall glass with cracked ice cubes and strain the cocktail over them. Decorate with a fresh pineapple slice and place a long straw inside the glass.

小小提示：

• 蘭姆酒 rum 與菠蘿汁及椰奶的比例，可隨喜愛加減。但因為 rum 是烈酒，不要過份。Malibu 的酒精含量是21%。White rum 則是 35 % 以上。所以如每種酒類飲品，一杯起兩杯止便是最好的了。

A little reminder :

• The proportion to mix rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice is up to individual preferences.  But since rum is a kind of spirits it possesses alcohol by volume (alc /vol ) of 21 - 40%, so try not to over - indulge with it. One or two glasses of cocktails each time should be the limit. 

因為有些說英文的朋友不時問我可否把網誌和食譜也譯成英文，她們想閱讀和參考一下。所以我便嘗試把英文加入，不知大家的意見如何？會否覺得太混亂呢？

Some of my English speaking friends have occasionally asked me to translate the blog posts and the recipes, so they could read it too. Therefore I am experimenting with adding English along side the Chinese writing, I would really like to hear your opinion on this, do you think it's too distracting?