Adding some class to the (Frozen) Strawberry Daiquiri
Let's face it. Frozen drinks have a bad rep. As I neared the drinking age in the early 1990s, I thought there were either strawberry daiquiris or banana daiquiris, both involving a blender and perhaps some whipped cream. As the years went by, after a few of these awful alcoholic slurpees, I learned that the real Daiquiri is actually a wonderful, simple drink with just rum, lime and sugar and more than delightful on a hot summer day.That being said, one of the warmer days late this summer I had a big box of strawberries I was trying to get through and remembered a very interesting recipe in one of my cocktail books for a Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri that sounded interesting, mostly because of its use of Luxardo, and the fact that it was frozen. Surely, fresh fruit and no mix of any kind could make this into something quite nice.
As it happened, I had some friends over, it was a nice day and I was pretty sure "who wants a Strawberry Daiquiri?" would get me at least a couple yays. So I tried out this recipe. Absolutely delicious. Obviously, the fresh strawberries are key but so is the Luxardo, which is the other star player here. It plays soooo nice with the strawberry and the fresh lime. I may have killed a bottle of rum that day and a carton of strawberries will always be on hand from here on out.
Ingredients:
- 2 oz white rum
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 1 oz simple syrup (1:1)
- 1/2 oz Luxardo maraschino
- 5 fresh strawberries
- 1 cup ice
