Dragon Fruit Cocktail with Vodka

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Have fun with this fresh and fruity dragon fruit cocktail with vodka. Dragon fruit is in season, and it adds delicious flavors that combine perfectly with vodka.

Dragon Fruit

Have you tried a dragon fruit? Perhaps you know it as a pitaya? Whatever you call it, you will find that it is hard to miss in the market because it is large and hot pink! These fruits are from Mexico and Asia, but you can usually find them during the summer here in markets.

You know I love to combine healthy components into my cocktail recipes, so it shouldn’t surprise you that this dragon fruit cocktail packs a healthy punch.

Dragon fruit is high in vitamin B, vitamin C; and minerals including calcium, iron, and phosphorus. It has numerous health benefits, but honestly, I enjoy dragon fruit because it tastes good :-).

You can make a lot of things with dragon fruit, like this sweet and spicy Dragon Fruit Salsa. Don’t you think the way the dragon fruit looks in that salsa recipe almost look like little dice?

The best way to eat a dragon fruit is to slice it in half, and peel the thick skin off. You don’t want to eat the peel. This fruit grows cactus-like and the outside is bitter and tough.

This drink can be served on the rocks, straight up with a fun sugar rim, or frozen for those hot summer days. Anyway you mix it, the flavor will impress your guests. If anything they will ask about the large hot pink fruit on the kitchen counter :-).

I love using my Vitamix when I make my cocktails because it purees the whole fruit, making my drinks more nutritious than using canned or bottled juices. Vitamix cocktails are made fresh, and you can even freeze the drinks into adult popsicles or slushies.

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Things You Need To Make This Recipe:

1. Blender or Vitamix to blend the dragon fruit pulp.
2. A bar set to strain the liquid if you are serving straight up.

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Dragon Fruit Vodka Cocktail

Prep Time

5 mins

Total Time

5 mins

 

Deliciously fruity dragon fruit vodka cocktail recipe.

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Servings: 2 drinks

Calories: 205 kcal

Author: Sandi Gaertner

Ingredients

• 1 cup dragon fruit
• 2 limes
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 blood orange
• 3 ounces vodka
• 1 ounces orange liquor

Instructions

1. Remove the thick peel from the dragon fruit.

2. Add dragon fruit, blood orange pulp, and lime juice to the Vitamix. Blend until smooth.

3. Add honey and liquors. Blend quickly.

4. Serve over ice, straight up, or add ice to the blender and serve frozen.

Nutrition Facts

Dragon Fruit Vodka Cocktail

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 205

% Daily Value*

Sodium 33mg 1%

Potassium 68mg 2%

Total Carbohydrates 19g 6%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 13g

Vitamin A 0.7%

Vitamin C 27.8%

Calcium 2.2%

Iron 6.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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