Cream coconut
Used in 4 recipes on RecipeWiki.
Cream of coconut is a thick, heavily sweetened coconut product made for drinks, and it is not the same as coconut cream or coconut milk, which are unsweetened. It tastes of rich, toasted coconut and sugar, with a texture close to condensed milk. It gives the Piña Colada, the Painkiller, the Bushwacker and the Frozen Melon Colada their body and sweetness at once, so substituting plain coconut cream leaves a drink thin and sour. The fat separates in the tin, so shake it hard or stir it smooth before measuring. Once opened, transfer it to a covered container in the fridge and use within a week or so.
Most often cooked with
Pineapple juice
Rum
Lime
Nutmeg
PineappleRecipes with cream coconut
Bushwacker
A frozen chocolate-and-coconut rum drink from the Gulf coast, closer to a milkshake than a cocktail and unapologetic about it.
15 minutes
American
Cocktails
Frozen Melon Colada
White rum, melon liqueur, pineapple and coconut blended into a thick pale-green frozen cocktail with a clean lime finish.
Caribbean
Citrus
Painkiller
Dark rum with pineapple, orange and coconut cream, shaken rather than blended, and finished with far more grated nutmeg than seems reasonable.
Piña Colada
Rum, pineapple and coconut cream blended with ice until thick enough to hold a straw upright.