Name: Daiquiri (Emilio Gonzalez's blended No. 1)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Daiquiri (Emilio Gonzalez's blended No. 1)
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Serve in a Coupe glass

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

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Garnish: Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make:

BLEND all ingredients with 6oz scoop of crushed ice. Pour into glass and serve.

Review:

Great on a hot day, but the coldness masks much of the flavour evident when this drink is served 'up' or natural.

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Variant:

Florida Daiquiri (shaken & served straight up)

History:

Emilio Gonzalez is said to have adapted the Natural Daiquiri into this frozen version at the Plaza Hotel in Cuba. However, Constantino "Constante" Ribalaïgua Vert of Havana's famous El Floridita made the drink famous.
See Daiquiri cocktail history and variations

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Nutrition:

One serving of Daiquiri (Emilio Gonzalez's blended No. 1) contains 197 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.7% alc./vol. (22.7° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

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