Name: Banana Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 30 ml Banana liqueur; 10 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1&frasl;4 fresh Banana; 1&frasl;4 barspoon Xanthan gum (E415)

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

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

1 fl oz

Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur

¹⁄₃ fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

¹⁄₆ fl oz

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

¹⁄₄ fresh

Banana (preferably overripe)

¹⁄₄ barspoon

Xanthan gum (E415) (optional)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of dried banana chip or fresh banana slice.

Method

DRY BLEND (without ice) first 5 ingredients on slow setting and then gradually add Xanthan gum while continuing to blend.

Add 7oz scoop of crushed ice and BLEND some more.

POUR into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with dried banana chip or fresh banana slice on the 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:

20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 29w

Having some of our own passionfruit syrup to hand, we decided to go troppo on this and substitute 10ml of it for the 5ml simple syrup. Very nice indeed for us. (We guesstimate that our syrup is about a half as sweet as the commercial simple syrups that we usually, lazily, use.) We usually, but not always, go with the Nuclear Banana Daiquiri...because if and when you want a bomb, why settle for a firecracker (as subtly sophisticated as the banger might be).

Benjamin Kay 39w

Need to add the crushed ice and quantity to the step in this, made it without seeing the video and added ice after, managed to save it but the end result could of been better.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 39w

Sorry, and thanks for bringing to my attention, Benjamin. I've added the missing add crushed ice to blender step.

Gabriel 1y

Does the guy in the video starts the cocktail with a spoon of sugar?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1y

Yes. He is Alejandro Bolivar, head bartender at the legendary El Floridita in Havana, Cuba. Video shot in my last home bar, the Cabinet Room, when he was visiting London.