![]() ![]() Pour in the white rum, pineapple juice and lime juice. Take a cocktail shaker and add a good handful of ice. ![]() You will need a cocktail shaker and a tumbler This pretty, fruity, refreshing little number is just the libation to start your weekend. I am feeling thirsty just looking at this, but it’s only wednesday, so I am going to hold fire until Cocktail Friday to pour myself another Pink Flamingo. Love a handful of Bombay Mix, who doesn’t? Pour over more ice and garnish with a slice of lime. Sorry about the chipped nails, it’s the end of the month and I’m overdrawn so had to paint my own *tough times*. Lid on, then give this a lovely shake until super chilled and a wonderful pastel pink. Now, into the mix, add some fresh lime juice and the grenadine to add a pink tinge to this refreshing cocktail. Next in is the white rum and pineapple juice, the classic combo. And please note not a naff umbrella or sombrero in sight, sadly.ĭo make a start as we nearly always do on a Friday with your cocktail shaker and a big handful of ice. There’s my lovely new glass, just crying out for this cocktail. Or, drink it on a late March Friday and pretend you are in warmer climes. The Pink Flamingo is delicious and definitely a drink to bookmark for the summer months. I never really need an excuse for a drink and even though picking a cocktail for a colour seems a little lame, I’m bloody glad I did. This cocktail cries out for a pink paper umbrella, but I resisted temptation to play the naff card, however much I wanted to. The Pink Flamingo is not too ballsy and has a lovely fruity whiff I can imagine sipping one of these in the train wreck which is our garden as Clyde is playing garden designer, once the weather warms up a touch. I say that, based on the one gulp I got before Ben got his hands on it and guzzled the whole business. It has a holiday rum punch style flavour and is terribly gulpable. This super refreshing drink is a well trodden combination of white rum, pineapple, lime and grenadine. Especially as I had recently acquired just the right glass for this, covered in flamingos. In my male dominated home, all things pink are at a premium so a Pink Flamingo was a welcome sight. I do love a rum and pineapple based drink, they just have a tropical holiday feel, so after this rather grey and tedious week, I felt we should celebrate the end of it with a Pink Flamingo. I try to tailor my offerings around seasonal events or happenings but sometimes it’s just what I fancy drinking at the time. They are mostly an excuse to drink on a Sunday afternoon when I make and photograph these. I love preparing my Friday cocktail posts. ![]()
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