Name: Daiquiri (frozen)
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 22.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 5 ml Maraschino liqueur

Daiquiri (frozen)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
³⁄₄ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
¹⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

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Garnish: Lime slice or wedge and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make:

BLEND all ingredients with flat 7oz scoop of crushed ice (approximately 95 grams/3.3oz weight of ice).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A superbly refreshing cocktail on a hot day. Blend with too much ice and you will have a tasteless slushy drink that will give you brain-ache if you drink it too fast. Traditionally, in Cuba, this cocktail was strained through a sieve to remove the ice.

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Variant:

Floridita Daiquiri; Strawberry Daiquiri

History:

Emilio Gonzalez is said to have adapted a shaken "Natural" Daiquiri to make a frozen (blended) Daiquiri at the Plaza Hotel in Cuba. However, Constantino Ribalaigua Vert of Havana's Floridita bar made the drink famous. The electric blender was invented in 1919 and popularised in the 1930s. This recipe by yours truly.
Daiquiri cocktail history.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Daiquiri (frozen) contains 220 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
16.99% alc./vol. (16.99° proof)
18.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Robert Spain

6th September 2024 at 20:34

Very good with Santa Teresa Añejo. Maraschino adds some feuitiness.

Matt

24th July 2024 at 01:08

The maraschino float makes this a cousin of the Papa Doble daiquiri - one of my favorites. A quick and easy way to boost the flavor and interest in an already classic cocktail.

Jose Cruz

4th January 2024 at 03:41

yay finally ice by weight rather then volume ! Doubled down on that luxardo ! great rift.

Chris Dimal

17th August 2023 at 18:22

Remade this Daiquiri, making the mistake of weighing out 7 ounces of ice! Was a complete, absolute slushy. Nevertheless, still delicious, though not as good as the strained, less ice version. It was brain freeze inducing, but still nice and sharp, with all the flavours very noticeable.

Simon Difford

19th August 2023 at 08:23

Hi Chris. I've added a note referring to weight in how to make.

Glen Urquhart

16th August 2023 at 06:20

Hi Simon,
I don’t have a 7 oz scoop.
Would adding 7ozs of ice by weight be the same - I am thinking it would be too much ice and over dilute
Thanks

Simon Difford

16th August 2023 at 12:38

A flat "7oz" scoop of crushed ice weighs approx 3.3oz. Please click "measures and measuring" under the recipe for more info on measuring crushed ice.

Chris Dimal

1st February 2023 at 09:25

Strained the blended slushie through the fine strainer. However, some slush still went through the strainer. Maybe because I was pressing on it a bit. Regardless, the drink was absolutely delicious. Both the slushie and the cocktail were great. There was the standard rum flavour. with lime citrus, and the Maraschino, though small in amount, was large in flavour. A delight.

Simon Difford

1st February 2023 at 10:44

Hi Chris. The strainer won't remove all the ice (at least if you use a Coco strainer) but it will remove larger pieces. I've amended the 'How to make' above to make that clearer. Many thanks.