Pineapple & Cardamom Daiquiri

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (22 ratings)

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
4 whole Green cardamom pods
2 oz Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
1 34 oz Pineapple juice
14 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
14 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
4 drop Difford's Daiquiri Bitters optional
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Martini glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge.
  3. MUDDLE cardamom in base of shaker.
  4. Add other ingredients.
  5. SHAKE with ice.
  6. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Review:

One of the tastiest Daiquiris we've tried.

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History:

Adapted from Henry Besant's excellent Pineapple & Cardamom Martini.

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Vera Lycaon’s Avatar Vera Lycaon
12th October 2024 at 07:51
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’s Avatar Avery Garnett
11th August 2023 at 16:31
I even used a cardamom syrup and I got almost none of it. Just a pineapple daiquiri, sadly.
Avery Garnett’s Avatar Avery Garnett
14th August 2023 at 10:39
I meant I both muddled the pods and also used a cardamom syrup. Maybe I didn't muddle them enough.
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
12th August 2023 at 08:10
Sounds like you didn't muddle the cardamon pods. Syrup is not as intense as the pods.
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
3rd July 2023 at 15:30
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’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
3rd July 2023 at 15:20
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)
9th June 2023 at 01:55
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.