Hawaiian Dinner: Rum Royale

Ingredients

1 ounce light rum

2 ounces Sauterne

1.5 ounces fresh lemon juice

2 ounces pineapple juice

1 tsp sugar (we put in a bit less)

1 dash Peychaud bitters (we could not find these so used Angosturo bitters)

Pineapple Spears

Cherries

Directions

Shake rum through bitters in iced cocktail shaker and strain into glass.

Add pineapple spear and a cherry.

Hawaiian Dinner: Blue Hawaiian Cocktail

Ingredients

3 ounces pineapple juice

1/2 ounce Blue Curacao

3/4 ounce gold rum

1 ounce Cream of Coconut

(note - some recipes also call for 3/4 ounce Vodka).

Directions

I like to add the Blue Curacao "on top" after the other ingredients have been blended - but we "shook" them together last night.

Hawaiian Dinner: Boiled Peanuts

Boiled Peanuts

1 lb raw peanuts in shell

½ cup Hawaiian rock salt

3-4 star anise

1 tsp sugar

Place peanuts in pot and cover with water.  Add rock salt, star anise, and sugar.  Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 1 ½ hours.  Drain.  Refrigerate.  Note:  If these appear to be too salty at first, let them sit before serving.