30 mixed drinks IN 30 DAYS – DAY 8: THE DAIQUIRI

Day 8 of our 30 mixed drinks in 30 Days Challenge: the Daiquiri

It’s funny – we put off making this mixed drink for as long as possible since we believed it would be trickier. Also, I’ve had daiquiris in the past as well as haven’t been that impressed.

I’m happy to state that this experience has shown me the error of my methods as well as to not be such a chicken!

Having come to my senses, I now understand this fruity, icy, tasty drink is excellent fun for celebrations as well as perfect for getting your thing on for a Saturday night out!

The original daiquiri, named after a beach in Cuba, was more like the caprioska or caipirinha of Brazil with rum instead of vodka or cachaca. The concept of adding fruit came later, as well as what a revelation that proved to be.

The important thing to keep in mind with the contemporary daiquiri (apart from exactly how to spell it – more ‘i’s than a spider) is the balance of wonderful as well as sour with the fruit. Strawberries for example are surprisingly tart when put in drinks, so you’ll requirement to change the amount of sugar syrup to compensate.

How to make a strawberry daiquiri

Here’s what you need:

For each drink

Single determine of rum

Single determine of strawberry liqueur

½ determine of lemon juice

½ – ¾ determine of sugar syrup

8-10 strawberries – hulled

Ice

Large wine glass

Jigger measure, blender

A strawberry as well as stay with garnish

Here’s what you do:

Put the ice in the blender first.

Pour in the rum, sugar syrup, lemon juice as well as strawberry liqueur

Slice the strawberries in half as well as put them in the blender too.

Blend the drink on high speed for a minute then on low speed as well as inspect the mix. If it’s still rather lumpy, continue blending.

Pour into the glass as well as garnish.

We likewise made a banana daiquiri, which was tasty – though I believe we both still favored the strawberry one.

For the banana daiquiri, comply with the directions above. Obviously, you’ll requirement to replace the strawberries with a peeled banana as well as the strawberry liqueur with banana liqueur. You’ll only requirement ½ a determine of sugar syrup for this as the banana as well as the liqueur are sweeter than the strawberry.

We discovered the consistency of the banana daiquiri to be smoother – most likely since bananas blend easier.

You have to try a mango daiquiri when the fruit is in season too. It’s delicious!

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Images by Mrs Romance.