Frozen Blood Orange Pina Colada (Virgin)

You should definitely try my frozen pina colada recipe, which is only made prettier but the blood orange juice!

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Don’t you feel like winter months seems to drag on and on… and on? There is so much anticipation as we all look towards Christmas coupled with the novelty of brisk air and the possibility of fresh snow but as soon as December is over those things are old news and all we want is for the summer to return.

No wonder February is jammed full of all kinds of entertainment awards to create some sort of excitement or at least the illusion of it! The big movie award (wink, wink) is upon us and I am actually looking forward to sitting down and wasting a few of these dreadful winter hours watching beautifully dressed people parading the red carpet!

It’s all great fun but somehow it always makes me feel under-dressed on that couch, so this year I decided to serve the award ceremony worthy refreshments like this stunning Frozen Blood Orange Pina Colada! Hollywood starlets, eat your heart out! I might not have Bradley Cooper on my arm but I’ve got this stunner of a dessert to keep me company!

To be completely honest with you I am not a fan of sugary sweets or drinks but Pina Colada is different. I love it and I think it’s all due to coconut because when you take a lime and a coconut…magic happens or so I am told. I hope I won’t scare you away by admitting that I replaced lime with blood orange, mostly because I can’t resist their bloody beauty and irresistible flavour!

I expected my Frozen Pina Colada to turn bright red. Instead blood oranges gave it a soft pastel pink hue, which made me fall in love with them even more. The problem with recreating a luscious tropical drink in the winter months is that fruit is not always at their sweetest and that was the case with my pineapple. Not to worry I added a bit of Splenda® Granulated to keep the right sweet balance and to ditch extra calories.

The test run was a huge success with everyone but especially with the little ones, so I am expecting you will absolutely love this light and refreshing Frozen Pina Colada Recipe.

Frozen Blood Orange Pina Colada (Virgin)

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Course: Dessert

Keyword: frozen pina colada recipe

Servings: 4 -6

Author: Julia Frey of Vikalinka

Ingredients

• 1 cup/250 ml freshly squeezed blood orange juice approx. 4 medium oranges
• 1 cup pineapple diced, approx. 1/2 of medium pineapple
• 1 can/400 ml coconut milk creamy part only
• 4 tbsp Splenda® Granulated
• 1 cup ice

Instructions

• The night before juice blood oranges and freeze the juice in ice cube trays until solid.
• Peel and core a pineapple, dice a half of it and process in a food processor.
• Add Splenda® Granulated, the creamy part of the coconut milk ( discard the water), frozen in ice cubes blood orange juice and ice.
• Blend until you have a slushy.
• Serve garnished with pineapple slices and shredded or shaved coconut.

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