Bahama Mama Drink Recipe
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Tropical flavor: pineapple, orange, and coconut to create a fruity Caribbean style.
- Quick prep really: you just need a shaker, a few ingredients, and about 5 minutes.
- Beautiful presentation: the grenadine adds a lovely deep red layer, which gives the drink a very attractive ‘sunset’ appearance.
- Easy to customize: you can adjust the amount of lime juice and grenadine to your preferred level of sweet and tart.
What is a Bahama Mama drink recipe
Health Benefits
How to Serve
- With Grilled Seafood: Serve with grilled shrimp or fish for a tropical meal.
- With Appetizers: Pair it with coconut shrimp or other similar savory party-style appetizers.
- With Grilled Chicken: Its fruity, citrusy notes go down a treat with seasoned grilled chicken.
- At Gatherings: serve in a hurricane or a tall Collins with plenty of ice.
- As a party drink: prepare the measured juice and rum mixture in advance and then shake up the individual portions with ice when you’re ready to serve.
Ingredients
- 1 oz dark rum: Gives a richer rum flavor and a deeper color.
- 1 oz coconut rum: Adds a touch of sweet coconut.
- 2 oz pineapple juice: Gives it the tropical fruit flavor and natural sweetness.
- 1 oz orange juice: Adds the citrus flavor and cuts through the pineapple.
- ½ oz fresh lime juice: Adds the acidity and helps to cut through the sweetness.
- 1/4 oz grenadine: Gives the drink its distinctive red color and extra sweetness.
- (For Serving)
- 1 cup ice: for shaking and serving.
- 1 small pineapple wedge (for garnish).
- 1 maraschino cherry: For garnish.
Execution
Ingredient balance: dark rum and coconut rum with tropical fruit juices (rich rum, sweet pineapple, and bright citrus).
Fresh citrus: fresh lime juice to add some acidity to the pineapple juice, orange juice, and coconut rum.
Temperature control: keep the cocktail ingredients and serving glass cold. Cold ingredients are key to keeping the drink fresh.
Layered appearance: the grenadine gives the drink a good deep red at the bottom, which provides a nice contrast against the golden orange above.
Final presentation: Tall hurricane glass with fresh ice. Keep it simple with the pineapple wedge and the maraschino cherry.
Additional tips
- Use fresh lime juice (freshly squeezed is far better than bottled).
- Choose your coconut rum carefully, as the brands differ in both sweetness and alcohol content. Taste it and adjust the fruit juice balance as necessary.
- Avoid over-shaking. A short, sharp shake is quite sufficient. Over-shaking can result in too much of the ice having melted.
- Adjust the sweetness: start with the amount of grenadine listed. Add a little more if you want it sweeter.
- Serve immediately. This is best served fresh, shaken over fresh ice rather than stored after preparation.
For food safety purposes, use pasteurized pineapple and orange juice (especially if you’re serving guests who are more susceptible to food poisoning). Always wash the fresh fruit under running water prior to cutting it for garnish.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cocktail
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Nutrient |
Amount Per Serving |
|---|---|
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Calories |
200 kcal |
|
Total Fat |
0 g |
|
Saturated Fat |
0 g |
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Cholesterol |
0 mg |
|
Sodium |
10 mg |
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Total Carbohydrates |
25 g |
|
Dietary Fiber |
Less than 1 g |
|
Total Sugars |
22 g |
|
Added Sugars |
10 g |
|
Protein |
Less than 1 g |
Nutrition information is an estimate and may vary depending on the brands and quantities of ingredients used.
Directions: How to Make a Bahama Mama Recipe
Source: BBC Good Food
FAQs on the Bahamas Mama drink recipe
What is a Bahama Mama made of?
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What rum is best for a Bahama Mama?
Dark rum and coconut rum are ideal for this tropical.
Can I make it without a cocktail shaker?
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Can I make a non-alcoholic Bahama Mama?
