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I have wanted to experiment and make drinks using coconut water since I first sipped the delectable nectar straight out of a coconut a couple of years back at a food market. It was love at first sip and I’ve been looking for it ever since.
Only recently have fresh coconuts become more common on our shelves. So a couple of weeks ago, when Tandy came to cook her bouillabaisse at my house, I decided to make this drink. I had strawberries which are now in season, so thought this was a perfect partner, and would not overpower the subtle flavour of the coconut water.
You can make this a ‘virgin’ (no alcohol), or add a splash of white rum to make it more exciting. Vodka will also do the trick. Its delicious I really should give it a name (any suggestions are welcome?).
The fun and games started when two women with one large kitchen knife attempted to hack the coconut open. It is not as easy as it looks in movies. It requires some brute force and a level of accuracy. It’s at times like these that I do wish I had a man in around. Anyway, my coconut came with a little picture instruction booklet on where to cut the top off, which we eventually managed to do.
The impossible part came later when we tried to crack the whole thing open to get to the white fleshy bits. I opted instead to give Tandy the fruit to take homes, since I’m not a fan of coconut flesh anyway.
This is what you need to make 2 strawberry cocktails:
- 1 cup (250ml) of fresh coconut water
- 1 cup (250 ml) strawberries hulled and sliced
- 3 T of sugar syrup or agave nectar
- 1 shot (as much as you like) of white rum *optional
To make the sugar syrup you need to boil sugar and water together in a ratio of 1:3 sugar to water, and boil in until it thickens to a runny syrup consistency. Store in a jar for all future cocktail making. It pretty much lasts forever.
Cut open the coconut, or if you are lucky enough to live in a country that sells fresh coconut water in a bottle, measure one cup. Add the strawberries, sugar syrup and rum and blend with a blender.
Serve with loads of ice.
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Oh my Sam this sounds & looks amazing–i am sure i am going to make it for our Diwali celebrations in the next 2 weeks.
You will love it Usha, I just wish that coconuts were not so expensive.
Thanks Sam, you should try one of the green grocers in the prominent Indian areas, as you should get it for around R10-R12 each. You can also try the dry coconut, but when you buy that shake to hear if there is any water in it.
Wow, Sam! Your pictures and styling are always so stunning!! I love the Stellenbosch Slow Market – might see you there!
Beautiful – a perfect summer drink!
Hi Lori, this coconut water is the shiz nizz – Im going to hunt down cheaper ones as per Usha’s advise
Thanks Zirkie, I hope I do. I’m most definitely going to be after Rudi’s strawberry sausages.
You know I have never liked coconut water. It is so super sweet. That’s not to say I wouldn’t like your drink. It looks too pretty not to like.
Thanks Suzanne, I didn’t find it sweet at all, perhaps because it was a young coconut? not sure. It definitely needed the sugar syrup.
I went to buy a green coconut yesterday and there weren’t any. Kim tells me that there is definitely tetra packs of the water available so I am going to see if I can find some. I managed to get the flesh out, but it was not that nice and got tossed
I have a fantastic recipe to try if I can find the coconut water.
Hi T, Ja my friend Lori said she has seen packs in Joburg and I had heard at Spar in Green Point as they stock a lot o f imported drinks. I went to check, and they didn’t have,it would be so much more convenient to buy it in a bottle. Let me know if / where you find.
S x
I have been calling this a coco rojo! Feel free to use that. Thanks for the delicious recipe!
HI Beth – Coco Rojo is pretty cool
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