Smoothie Tropical

How is a recipe created?

In a thousand and one ways!

Sometimes it starts as an exotic gazpacho but takes its own route and turns into a tropical smoothie 🙂

Now and then, when sleep wanders, and I toss from side to side, images from the world of recipes come to mind. And that’s how I pictured an exotic gazpacho with fruit with a rainbow of flavors, such as sour, sweet, and spicy, served as a starter.

The idea sounded bold to me – one that might elicit gurgles of pleasure or a dish you reject in disgust.

So I checked online – and found out that there is a recipe just like that 🙂

In the end, I added here, omitted there, and got a smoothie/cocktail that seemed more fun to me.

Gazpacho-Avangard will wait for another opportunity.

Enjoy, and let me know how it turned out 🍹😋🍸❣

RECIPE

Smoothie Tropical

Maybe you won't be dancing calypso in the Caribbean anytime soon. Still, you can enjoy a tropical Happy Hour here and now: throw in a blender mango, papaya, pineapple, coconut milk, ice, ginger, and a few other goodies, add lemon juice, chili sauce, a pinch of salt, and black pepper. Fortify this exotic shake with rum or vodka and get into a holiday vibe🍸😋🍹❣

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Servings 4

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Ingredients

  

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• ▢ ¼ cup coconut milk
• ▢ 1 cup apple juice or water
• ▢ Ginger about 2 cm (1-Inch) in size, peeled and cut into thin slices. by taste
• ▢ 1 large mango, or two small ones
• ▢ 1 medium ripe papaya
• ▢ ½ cup diced frozen pineapple
• ▢ ½ cup diced pears or apples can use frozen
• ▢ ice cubes optional
• ▢ juice from half a lemon by taste
• ▢ ½ tsp chili sauce by taste
• ▢ black pepper, salt by taste

For Serving

• ▢ Mango cubes, papaya cubes, chia seeds, mint leaves

Instructions

 

• Mix coconut milk, juice, and ginger in a blender. Transfer to a bowl through a mesh, and return the liquids to the blender.
• Peel the mango and the papaya, cut a small part into cubes, and keep them aside for decoration. Cut the rest into chunks and transfer to a blender.
• Add pineapple, pears, ice, lemon juice, chili sauce, salt, and black pepper to the blender; Process until you get a smooth mixture. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. If too thick, dilute it with apple juice or water.
• Serve immediately, or keep in the refrigerator until serving.

For Serving

• Pour into glasses, add the mango and papaya cubes we kept aside, sprinkle chia seeds, garnish with mint leaves, and serve.
• Inspired by this recipe

Notes

Upgrade: add rum or vodka and serve as a Happy Hour Cocktail 🍹🍸

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