Name: Pineapple and Cardamom Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 4 whole Green cardamom pods; 50 ml Light white rum; 37.5 ml Pineapple juice; 10 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 drop Daiquiri bitters

Ingredients

4 whole

Green cardamom pods

1 2/3 fl oz

Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)

1 1/4 fl oz

Pineapple juice

1/3 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/4 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

4 drop

Difford's Daiquiri Bitters (optional)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.

Method

MUDDLE cardamom in base of shaker.

Add other ingredients.

SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with pineapple wedge on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

15.8 grams of pure alcohol

Gallery

Pineapple & Cardamom Daiquiri lifestyle image

Comments & Discussion

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kim vincent Premium Member 10w

Oh sure, NOW I read the comments to muddle them to bits 😂 Nice pineapple daiquiri, though!

Simon Sedgley Premium Member 14w

Very flavoursome but one really does need to smash the cardamom pods to extract good flavour...we used a stone mortar and pestle. btw we notice that the photographs of this and the Besant cocktail are the same.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 14w

The image pre-dates digital photography. I've added to my list to revisit.

Vera Lycaon 1y

Oh, this one's good - muddling your cardamom pods well is key however, make sure to crush them open (depending on your muddler, you may have better luck using the handle side like I did). Used Havana Club 3 Years instead of my El Dorado 3 by accident and added a dash of Peychaud's to stand in for the daiquiri bitters, need to try with the other rum soon.

Avery Garnett 3y

I even used a cardamom syrup and I got almost none of it. Just a pineapple daiquiri, sadly.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 3y

Sounds like you didn't muddle the cardamon pods. Syrup is not as intense as the pods.

Luca Sorriso Valvo 1y

If one wants the cardamon to be the highlight (yet not imposing), simply muddling the cardamon pods might not be enough, as the small seeds are hard to break. I have smashed them in a mortar before adding them to the mixer, and the flavor came up in full power.

Avery Garnett 3y

I meant I both muddled the pods and also used a cardamom syrup. Maybe I didn't muddle them enough.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 3y

So good that I made it twice, but ran out of pineapple juice during the mix. So, I adjusted and, volume-wise, I used 37.5 ml pineapple, 15 ml lime juice this second time. Still good (more mellow, but with more 'heat' from the cardamom?), but a slight bit more tart without that sweetening balance... I prefer the recipe above.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 3y

Wow! I thought the Besant drink had a lot of potential, but wow this just puts all the pieces in the right place. Not a thing to tweak. I used Bacardi Carta Blanca and, though I'm intrigued to try other brands with this, I feel it's the best white rum one could use here. Superb! (3 Jul 2023, 11:20a)

George Scott 3y

What a great introduction to the use of spices in cocktails! Cardamom is one I've been interested in experimenting with for a while but hadn't quite got around to it, this was a real delight and dangerously easy to drink.