Inti - A Kiwi Cocktail

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Filed Under Cocktails, Fruits, Lychee, Recipes 

The weekend is almost gone, time to share another cocktail recipe. Siv is the de facto bartender in our house, he just throws in some mixes and drinks here and there and it turns out into a pretty good drink at the end. He is a scotch and beer guy himself, but loves to mix cocktails for me and for our parties. I make cocktails only once in a bluemoon, like when I have a girls night at my house, or when I am bored at home and need a cosmo to go with my Sex and the City rerun marathon session. Since we have a well stocked bar at home with all kinds of mixers, it used to be a pretty easy task. But these days I am in an experimental mood when it comes to cooking , thanks to my blogging addiction. Also, I’ve been bringing home a lot of fresh fruits, who can resist the beautiful fresh spring produce in the stores! So Friday night I volunteered to make drinks with some fresh ingredients while Siv cooks his famous chilli chicken to go with it.

This cocktail is called Inti, I found it in my New Asian Cuisine - Fabulous Recipes from Celebrity Chefs book. Inti is a drink from the Sushi Samba restaurant in New York. I looked up the meaning of Inti, he is a Sun god in Inca mythology, what does that gotta do with an Asian cocktail, I don’t know. But this drink does look very sunny, doesn’t it?

The recipe called for lychee puree, which I didn’t have on hand. Instead I used a can of lychees and pureed it myself. I am not very sure what is in the store bought lychee puree.

Ingredients (for 4 drinks)

Method

Drain the lychees from the syrup and process in a blender till smooth to make a lychee puree.

Peel and cut the kiwis into thin rounds. Muddle (See Note) the kiwi pieces and sugar together in a large pitcher.

When the kiwi is properly crushed, add Baccardi, triple sec, lychee puree and pineapple juice to the pitcher and stir well to combine.

Serve in chilled glasses filled with crushed ice.

Garnish with a kiwi slice.

Notes

This drink was amazing, a cooling, not overly sweet cocktail, and went nicely with the spicy chicken. The kiwi flavor is just made for cocktails! Kiwi is going to be one of our favorite cocktail ingredients going forward.

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Comments

18 Responses to “Inti - A Kiwi Cocktail”

  1. Freya and Paul on April 22nd, 2007 7:30 pm

    I could certainly drink one of those right now! Looks really refreshing and a lovely colour!

  2. Reena on April 22nd, 2007 9:11 pm

    aah! heaven! love cocktails and this one has a gorgeous green tinge. this is not the right time for me to have a cocktail so i will come back in the evening and have a virtual sip ;).

  3. Reena on April 22nd, 2007 9:13 pm

    btw it looks like you took over this blog. i demand siv’s spicy chicken recipe:)):))

  4. Mishmash ! on April 23rd, 2007 12:32 am

    Sig, now I have a ready reference when I want to make a cocktail and so much of variety too :) Support Siv in all his cocktail adventures :)

    Shn

  5. Sig on April 23rd, 2007 3:07 am

    Freya, thanks! I love all green color drinks, the color itself gives that cooling effect.

    Reena, this blog was never Siv’s for me to take over. grrr… I told Siv if he can write up his recipe, I will post it :)

    Shn, this is my recipe, not Siv’s… Man, I do all the work and he gets the credit!!!!!! :)

  6. Amy on April 23rd, 2007 4:39 am

    Kiwi and lychee are both so delicious, this cocktail sounds so awesome. I love all the cocktails on your blog and I’m so envious! Unfortunately I’m really sensitive to alcohol, one sip of wine will make me red from head to toe. :P

  7. Sig on April 23rd, 2007 4:53 am

    Amy, ouch, that’s bad… :).
    Is it just wine or all kinds of alcohol? My friend is allergic to wine, but she is okay with most other drinks.

  8. Sia's Corner on April 23rd, 2007 9:34 am

    inti-sun god!!! i thought it will be golden/orange/reddish;) he he…
    whatever the name is, it does look pretty good and refreshing. thanks for all ur cocktails recipes here as ur blog has become our source for quick fix-up cocktails:)

  9. Richa on April 23rd, 2007 12:50 pm

    hey sig, love that beautiful green color! hope you had a fun wknd!

  10. Paddukoti on April 23rd, 2007 6:44 pm

    Woh Sig
    nice cocktail eh!!
    looks so coool!!!

  11. Amy on April 24th, 2007 12:28 am

    All alchohol. :P I had a cocktail once and I got so hot I had to take off my socks. It was during dinner at my boyfriend’s parents house. Everyone at the dinner table was watching me get redder and redder. One of those “is it hot in here or is it just me?” moments. :P

  12. Sig on April 24th, 2007 2:03 am

    Sup, u r right, the sun is never green :) , I guess the middle of the kiwi slice is what reminded me of the sun! I have only posted 4 cocktail recipes, and I am typecasted as the cocktail blog :(

    Richa, weekend was great… finally we have some nice weather in Seattle.. spent most of the sunday outside… Hope you had a great weekend too!

    Padmaja, thanks :)

    Amy, oh that must have been pretty embarrassing, especially at the boyfriends’ parents place :) Though it is better than getting really drunk and embarassing yourself, something lot of people do… ;)

  13. Sia's Corner on April 24th, 2007 8:48 am

    sweetie did i give that impression? OMG:)

  14. Sig on April 24th, 2007 2:38 pm

    :) Sup, you didn’t give that impression, you just told me straight out :)..
    Haha I don’t mind, I actually like being typecasted, being a one stop shop for anything is a good thing, right?

  15. Mythili on April 24th, 2007 6:19 pm

    Oooooh!! Goodelicious !! Ok, Sig one order my way .. and oh you can keep the change :P

    Kidding,
    Mythili

  16. Sig on April 24th, 2007 8:49 pm

    Mythili, ma’am are u sure I can keep the change from this $100 bill, you are so generous :)

  17. Linda on April 25th, 2007 9:23 pm

    i adore this photograph!

  18. Raaga on February 26th, 2008 10:02 pm

    and why am I lurking here?

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