Pineapple Ginger Juice (West African)
This refreshing West African pineapple ginger juice has just the right blend of sweet, spicy, and tart tastes. It hits the spot every time!
There’s so much to love about this tasty recipe. First, it’s ultra-refreshing, especially on a hot summer day. But it goes beautifully with meals that incorporate tropical flavors all year long.
It’s also remarkably easy to make. You only need three ingredients, four if you add sugar. Plus, you only need 10 minutes of hands-on time to prepare it. That makes it pretty easy to get all those pineapple ginger juice benefits (digestive aid, anti-inflammatory, and immune system booster).
My aunt swore by it, combining ginger, lime, and honey for the only remedy she used to cure a cold.
Just How You Like It
Like all good recipes, you can customize this juice to your liking. Prefer more ginger than pineapple? Then add more ginger! If you don’t care for sugary drinks, reduce the sugar or leave it out completely.
If you haven’t tried this combination before, I encourage you to make it per my recipe. I think I’ve found the perfect combo of sweet, spicy, and sour notes. Then you can customize it the next time you make it.
How to Make Fresh Pineapple Ginger Juice
- Peel, core, and chop the pineapple, peel and dice the ginger, and add it all to the blender with the juice of one lime.
- Add enough water to blend, and puree until smooth, adding more water for the desired consistency and simple syrup if you’d like it sweeter. Enjoy over ice.
Recipe Tips
- If you want to be really happy and forget all your wahala (which means “troubles”), then add some rum to this juice. It makes quite a cocktail.
- Add other citrus juices, like orange or lemon juice, along with or in place of the lime juice.
- For more health benefits, add ground turmeric root and a pinch of freshly ground black pepper.
- Add some of this juice and a frozen banana to the blender for a tropical smoothie.
Make-Ahead and Storage Instructions
This homemade juice is perfect for making ahead. Just follow the recipe instructions and refrigerate it in a pitcher with an airtight lid for a day or two until you are ready to serve it. It starts losing flavor and nutrition at around 5 days, but you can freeze it for up to a year.
What Goes With Pineapple Ginger Juice
I always bust out the pineapple ginger juice when I make Caribbean food. Try it with coconut shrimp, aloo (potato) pies, or one-pot Caribbean jerk chicken and rice. It also goes well with desserts like key lime pie or, better yet, no-bake key lime mango coconut cheesecake pie.
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Watch How to Make It
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This blog post was originally published in May 2014 and has been updated with additional tips, new photos, and a video.
Pineapple Ginger Juice
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple, peeled, cored, and coarsely chopped
- 1 2-inch knob ginger, peeled and diced (2 ounces or 60 grams)
- 1 lime, juiced
- 1 cup (236ml) simple syrup (optional)
- 5-6 cups (1-1½L) water
- ice as needed
Instructions
- Peel, core, and chop the pineapple, then put it in a blender.
- Scrape the ginger skin off with a spoon, dice it, and add it to the blender.
- Squeeze the lime juice into the blender, add the optional sugar and 2-3 cups of water, and puree.
- Add enough water to get the desired consistency, add ice to a pitcher or glasses, pour the juice over the ice, and enjoy.
Tips & Notes:
- You can skip peeling ginger if it’s organic because it doesn’t change the flavor.
- An average pineapple normally gives you 1½-2½ cups of juice.
- I used fresh pineapple in this recipe, but store-bought pineapple juice works just fine when pressed for time.
- Sugar doesn’t dissolve well in cold liquid. So if you want to sweeten the juice, simmer a cup of water with a cup of sugar until the sugar completely dissolves. Allow it to cool, then add as much as you need to sweeten the juice to taste.
- Please remember that the nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary significantly based on the products used in the recipe.
Hi, please can I use pineapple flavour instead of fresh pineapple
Hello, I don’t recommend it. Artificial flavor is not the same as fresh pineapple and it will taste artificial.
Hi I have fresh pineapple juice, fresh lemon and ginger juice I had already juiced. Would like to know the ratio of each to make juice. Thank you
Hi Ellin, The lemon juice is about 2 Tablespoons . For the ginger you would adjust to your liking.
Hello, I have made the juice countless times with both fresh and canned juice. It is delicious. Thank you
I’m so glad I came across your recipe.
Been looking forward to fix something like this for myself for a while. Just didn’t know how.Right now there is no turning back.
Awesome! So let us know how it all works out for you. Thanks.
I popped over here because, since she made this recipe, my mama hasn’t stopped raving about it (can’t wait to try!). PS… I’m a food blogger too so I’m used to the comments and questions but Lord, some of these are extra special!
Thank you for dropping by Mandy. I’m happy your Mom love this as much as I do. Looking forward for you to try this, too. Enjoy!
I tried this for the first time this morning and it is great. Smells a little different but ginger is better than any medicine and pineapple helps with my sugar cravings.
I love this recipe, I decided to take this to my family reunion this year. I would like to make 3 gallons, please tell me the recipe to make 3 gallons THANK YOU
Hello Lynda.
To make 3 gallons, you would need to multiply this recipe by 3 and adjust to taste. Enjoy!
I am still making this fantastic juice, since 2019, everyone in my family loves it. It’s such a great change, I always use fresh pineapple, IT’S A REAL KEEPER
Can I use lemon instead of lime
Yes, you can.
Wow…very nice ,will try it this week,Pls did u add lime juice to it?
Yes, I did along with the pineapple juice.
I’m just starting my journey of I fused eating and I came across this. I’m gonna try it.
If I boil the ginger in the water then allow it to cool can this reduce the prep time …
Yes, you can boil the ginger for a stronger ginger taste.
your article is very good. I can’t wait to try it with my family. Thank you for sharing ideas with me. I’m waiting for your next article.
So light and refreshing! I used Stevia instead of sugar. Wonderful!
Yay! Glad to hear it worked out well.
Hi, great recipe! How do you derive the juice from the pineapple? I’m assuming you blend the pieces of pineapple? Thanks!
Hi. You can use store-bought pineapple juice or you can use your blender following the steps in this article. Let me know how it works for you.
How much lime do you think is enough?
I used one . Adjust with more or less to suit taste buds
Thank you for this was very tasty
Awesome! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
One cup of sugar WHATTTTTTT????????
Granulated sugar, but you can reduce the amount or leave it out completely.
THIS IS SO HELPFUL
Glad you found it useful
Do you know if this DRink is good without the ginger just pineapple and sugar.
It is still going to taste good. However, it would not have that piquant taste of ginger.
I love this juice but I usually just put the pineapple and the ginger through the juicer. I’ll try this method soon.
Let me know how this works for you.
The honey, ginger, lime or lemon remedy works for the flu.
Thanks for sharing Ronke. This would be great this time of the year.
This was superb. Had a barbecue this summer and made it for the kids. It was all gone in no time! Your recipes are wonderful. They are great ideas and work for me every time. Thanks so much.
Thanks for all your great recipies! You are truly God send! Merci beaucoup!!
Par de quoi. Content que ca t’ait plu. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi, please do you boil the ginger and also do you later blend it to get the juice out of it?
Yes you can boil ginger. Folks often do when they drink it with tea in the morning. but to get all of the juice and the ‘chaff’ it does make sense to blend it. If you have a serious blender you would be surprised how easily it can blend and after a while you get used to the ‘pulp’however, its really up to you and your pallette. Either way, ginger is a really good herb to have in the drink. You can’t go wrong either way. Enjoy