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Daiquiri (Difford's recipe)
Crisp, light and refreshing. Delicately simple yet with perfectly balanced complexity of flavours. For an even better Daiquiri: In place of sugar...
Andrew Hodby
27th October 2020 at 14:22
What's the (theoretical) advantage of powdered sugar? It will dissolve entirely on shaking, making it no different to the syrup won't it?
29th October 2020 at 09:06
Hi Andrew. Please follow the link "Daiquiri info, including variants, history and best recipes" above. On that page, I've written at length about the use of different sugars in a Daiquiri.