Cocktails with Pineapple syrup
Pineapple syrup is pineapple juice or fruit cooked down with sugar into a pourable syrup.
How it's used
It carries pineapple flavor as well as sugar, so it is used for fruit, not just to sweeten. A cooked syrup also sits safely with cream. Heat destroys the protein-breaking enzyme in raw pineapple, which would eventually curdle a creamy mix.
Substitutes for Pineapple syrup
Bottled pineapple syrup
Swap it in at the same measure, like Monin. A pineapple gum syrup works great too and feels a little silkier.
Homemade pineapple syrup
Peel and chop a small pineapple. Steep it for 24 hours in 2:1 syrup, then strain.
Juice and syrup mix
In a pinch, mix pineapple juice and 2:1 sugar syrup half and half. Use one and a half times the measure. The juice is raw, so keep the mix out of drinks with cream.
It sweetens the drink but adds coconut flavor and clouds it. Use it only where coconut belongs.
Won't work. It is thin and tart, with less than a seventh of the sugar.
