Sagey honey pineapple blended cocktail

Makes 4x 350ml drinks

Prep Time 3 minutes (once honey syrup is made)

Cook Time 0

Special Equipment: KitchenAid® K400 blender

Ingredients:

• 4 cups (592g) frozen pineapple
• 58ml lime juice
• 116ml vodka
• ¼ cup (59ml) honey sage syrup
• 1 - 1 ½ cups ice

Method

1. Make the sage honey syrup:
2. Add ½ cup honey and ½ cup water into a saucepan along with 5 springs of fresh sage. Heat on medium high heat until mixture comes to a bubble, then reduce to medium and allow to simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and allow to cool for 30 minutes then discard the sage.
3. Make the cocktail.
4. Place the frozen pineapple, vodka, lime juice and honey syrup into the KitchenAid® K400 blender. Blend on smoothie setting and allow to run through cycle. Serve immediately and garnish with a toasted sage leaf.

Chef’s Notes

No frozen pineapple? Simply skin and core a fresh pineapple. Then, slice the pineapple meat into long strips, and cut the strips into small cubes. Place the cubes on a sheet tray in a single layer and freeze until solid (about 30-45 minutes).