This Thursday, Dec. 21, celebrate National Coquito Day with a sweet and creamy cocktail. But what is a coquito cocktail? Well, it’s a traditional Puerto Rican holiday drink made from coconut milk and spiced with rum. Coquito, which translates to little coconut in Spanish, is something Puerto Rican families make for the merry season, each family creating its own unique recipe and traditions to go along with it. Master blender Silvia Santiago designed the recipe below that you can try at home. Make sure you’re using her Don Q rum, a historic Puerto Rican brand with more than 100 years of rum-making experience.
Doña Silvia’s Coquito
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cup Don Q Reserva 7 Rum
- 1 cup of coconut milk or ½ cup of coconut cream
- 4 egg yolks
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 can (8 oz) of evaporated milk
- 1 can (8 oz) of condensed milk
- ½ cup Cinnamon Syrup*
Instructions: Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
Glass: Rocks glass
Servings: 6-8
*Cinnamon Syrup Recipe: Boil 1½ cup of water with 12 cinnamon sticks, and 3 lemon peels, and let cool. Then take the cooled water and ½ cup of water and pour into the blender. Blend until all ingredients are mixed well.
