Name: Tropical Shake
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 small papaya, peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped; 1 mango, peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped; 1 ripe banana, peeled and coarsely chopped; 1 1/2 cups whole milk; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 cup crushed ice

(Batido)

This milk shake is a Puerto Rican and Cuban favorite; Palacio de Los Jugos on Flagler Street in Miami specializes in jugos and makes great tropical-fruit batidos. The fruit combinations are endless — try a mixture of strawberry and kiwi or guava and pineapple — and you can even use coconut milk instead of whole and spike with a shot of rum.

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