Name: Strawberry Daiquiri
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 fresh; 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 2 grind Black pepper; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Ingredients

7 fresh

Strawberries (hulled, small & ripe)

2 fl oz

Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)

3/4 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

1/2 fl oz

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

2 grind

Black pepper

3 drop

Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of strawberry (or half if large) with mint sprig tip leaves.

Method

MUDDLE strawberries (4 to 7 depending on size) in the base of the shaker.

Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.

Garnish

Garnish with strawberry (or half if large) on rim with mint sprig tip leaves.

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:

18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Review

Makes strawberries and cream appear very dull.

NOTE: Strawberry pulp is notorious for blocking strainers and sink wastes. Hence, double straining is essential when making this cocktail, as is the use of a quality Hawthorne strainer (I use one with an extra spring and a wide-gauge fine strainer with a large capacity). The Hawthorne strainer should retain most of the fruit pulp, along with the ice in the shaker. Pouring through an additional fine strainer ensures the clarity of the cocktail. Even with the best strainers, the pulp will start to restrict the flow towards the end of the pour and moving your shaker to help the liquid find a new escape route helps. Finally, use a bar spoon to help move the pulp in the fine strainer to allow the last of the cocktail through the strainer. Also, don't be tempted to make two cocktails in one shaker by doubling quantities, as this will compound pulp issues. The cocktail is worth the faff!

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Comments & Discussion

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Florian Ruf Premium Member 21w

I tried the cocktail today with mashed strawberry and mint wich gives the cocktail a nice fresh touch.

István GT 1y

this was absolutely fantastic, bit overpowered by the strawberry, but still super tasty fruity wonder

Florian Ruf Premium Member 1y

We just discussed wether a strawberry margarita or a strawberry daiquiri is preferable and agreed the a strawberry margarita is winning because the tequila blanco give such a nice contrast to the soft strawberry aromas.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 1y

A nice addition is to shake some mint leaves with the cocktail.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Great suggestion. Thanks, Florian.

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 2y

Very tasty summer cocktail. I muddled the fresh strawberries through a kitchen strainer into a bowl, and sieved it again through the kitchen strainer. I find that blenders also extract some bitterness from the little stones (seeds) so not recommended. I ended up with 50 ml strawberries pulp, which I shaked with 50 ml Havanna Club 3 yr rum and 20 ml Pussers Gunpowder Proof Rum. Oherwise as in Difford's recipe. Straining ok after shaking, some intermediate cleaning of small cocktail sieve needed.

Elaine Mayersbeth 2y

Try sieving the strawberries In advance and freezing the juice in an ice cube tray. Add to shaker/mixer when needed for your cocktail. Saves lots of stress.

John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

As a light rum cocktail this is great and very flavourful.
As a rum cocktail it is a bit wimpy. Added a float of 151 Demerara rum. Good strong rum flavour.

Giulio Motta 3y

When I make cocktails with lots of fruit pulp I actually prefer to: 1) Shake 2) Pass to the smaller part of the Boston shaker 3) Use a Julep strainer so that pulp don't get clogged up 4) Use the bartender spoon to help the cocktail flow through the fine strainer. This way I can even make two cocktails in one go.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Simon, thank you for the note about straining. Very helpful. Much easier to make this time. Did decide to up the punch of the cocktail by putting in 1 1/2 oz white rum and 1/2 oz of overproof white rum. Gave it a little hint of the rum funk.