Name: Derby Daiquiri
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 30 ml Orange juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1&frasl;4 barspoon Xanthan gum (E415)

Derby Daiquiri
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₄ barspoon	Xanthan gum (E415)

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Garnish: Lime wedge on rim

How to make:

DRY BLEND (without ice) first 4 ingredients and gradually add Xanthan gum while continuing to blend. Add half a 7oz scoop of crushed ice and blend again. Pour into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

For those seeking the shaken version previously above:
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Orange zest twist
How to make: SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
60ml (2oz) Light white rum
22.5ml (.75oz) Orange juice
15ml (.5oz) Lime juice
7.5 (.25oz) Sugar syrup

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Variant:

Orange Daiquir
Orange Daiquiri No. 2

History:

The Kentucky Derby has long been associated with the Mint Julep and in 1959, the folk behind the Florida Derby turned to a famous local bar in search of a libation to serve at their own racecourse, Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. So, in 1959, Mariano Licudine at The Mai-Kai Polynesian Restaurant and Tiki bar in Oakland Park, Florida, created the Derby, the official cocktail of the Florida Derby.

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John Hinojos

13th December 2021 at 01:46

Very nice. We used a blended Caribbean rum along with tangerine juice for a switch. It was very good.

Matthew French

19th October 2020 at 21:49

A delicious orange daiquiri twist that I twisted a little further by using Havana Club 3 year old and a dash of Bob's (and your) Daiquiri bitters. If the original is a Derby, then mine is a Peckham Daiquiri!

Simon Difford

20th October 2020 at 20:02

Tis indeed delicious. And Peckham sits in the centre of my spiritual home, South London.

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