Tim was musing the other day that we should make a pineapple and vodka cocktail of some sort since the pineapple is so sweet and easy to get here (you can pick one out and have them peel it for you at the store...so easy). My mouth started watering at the thought, but we didn't have a pineapple at that exact moment. We did have a ripe mango, though, not yet earmarked for another purpose, so I looked up some mango cocktail recipes and immediately had at it, with delicious (albeit not very photogenic) results:
I ended up using this recipe from The Kitchn... mango puree, lemon juice, vodka, a little simple syrup and soda water. So good. Not too sweet, not too thick, extremely refreshing. An exciting break from our usual, the gin rickey.
For a party I think you could make a big pitcher of the mango/lemon/vodka mix and then have people pour it in the glass and top off with soda water. Also, I think a flavored simple syrup would do well here- ginger, lemongrass or vanilla, or maybe chili for some spice. I guess you could do flavored vodka, too, if you wanted.
Pineapple vodka cocktail recipe coming soon...