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Twisted Daiquiris
The daddy of all rum cocktails and the ultimate thirst-quenching sour for those sunny days by the beach or those not-so-sunny days when you wish you were by a beach.
There’s a couple of different ways to serve a Daiquiri too, classically, it would be served straight-up in a Martini glass or coupe, but one of the most famous spins on the drink is, of course, the frozen Daiquiri, this is a simple matter of either making the drink in a blender or serving it over crushed ice, either using the original recipe or with fruit and additions of your choosing. Here’s how to make the original, as well as a few twists for you to try.
Ingredients
50ml Lost Years Four Islands Rum
25ml Fresh Lime Juice
12.5ml Sugar Syrup
Puree of your choice
Garnish
Times:
Prep: 2 Minutes
Make: 30 Seconds
Total: 2 Minutes and 30 Seconds
Calories:
112 calories
Allergens:
No common allergens to be found, although, since every body is different, we advise you check out this recipe's ingredients list just to be sure!
Servings:
Serves 1
Method
Get a coupette glass, or large wine glass ready and stick it in the freezer if you’d like it nice and cold.
Take your Boston glass or small tin and, using your jigger to measure, add the Lost Years Four Islands Rum, sugar syrup, and 25ml of lime juice and add it to the shaker.
Fill your shaker with cubed ice and seal using your Boston tin or lid, before shaking vigorously for 10-15 seconds or until your tin is very cold.
Remove your glass from the freezer, or get it ready on your bar top.
Time for Your Twist:
Passion Fruit and Ginger Daiquiri:
- After shaking your Daiquiri, add a squeeze of passion fruit purée to your cup and fill 2/3 with crushed ice.
- Strain in your daiquiri and churn for 10 seconds.
- Top with ginger ale and more crushed ice, garnish with
Strawberry and Basil Daiquiri:
- After shaking your Daiquiri, add a squeeze of strawberry purée and a handful of slapped basil leaves to your cup and fill 2/3 with crushed ice.
- Strain in your daiquiri and churn for 10 seconds.
- Top with more crushed ice, garnish with a strawberry.
Pineapple and Coconut Daiquiri:
- After shaking your Daiquiri, add a squeeze of coconut cream and a shot of pineapple juice to your cup and fill 2/3 with crushed ice.
- Strain in your daiquiri and churn for 10 seconds.
- Top with more crushed ice, garnish and serve.
Regardless of which option you’ve chosen above, all that’s left is to serve and enjoy!
Equipment
Shaker
Jigger/Measure
Hawthorne Strainer
Fine Strainer
Mexican Elbow
Crushed Ice
History
The Daiquiri is the classic rum cocktail, a beautifully simple sour that was reportedly created by an American engineer named Jennings Cox while working at a mine in Cuba of the same name.
The drink consists of a balanced mixture of rum, lime juice and sugar, a trio of ingredients all grown and produced in close proximity to each other, and all of whom make natural bedfellows. So whilst Mr Cox may have coined the name for this drink, it’s more than likely that someone probably put these three things together before him.
Either way, the Daiquiri is a delicious and refreshing cocktail, its bold simplicity means that it works well with any kind of rum, each different brand and variety bringing a new character to the drink. Not only can you play with it by changing the rum you use, but the Daiquiri also makes a great starting point for a whole slew of other rum-based cocktails.
