Daiquiri is a Spanish word, today it combines the name of such popular drinks as alcoholic cocktails. There is a version according to which the owner of the bar ran out of gin just when the guests arrived expecting their order. Then the resourceful businessman replaced him with rum. For taste, he added lime juice, sugar and ice. Everyone liked the drink, without exception, and the name "daiquiri" was attached to it. He gradually gained a lot of fans around the world. This event happened at the beginning of the last century, but the drink does not cease to be in demand and remains a favorite "guest" at various parties.
Classic Daiquiri cocktails are prepared as follows: 40 ml of Bacardi rum (exclusively white) is taken, 20 ml of lime juice (in no case lemon), and 7 ml of sugar syrup. Everything is thoroughly mixed in a shaker with the addition of pieces of crushed ice and poured into glasses for cocktails. The drink is decorated with a slice of lime. It perfectly quenches thirst, is tasty and pleasantly drunk. It is preferred especially in hot weather.
Along with the classic way of cooking, strawberry daiquiri, which girls love, is widespread, because it includes such delicious, very romantic berries. Its taste, color and aroma have been appreciated for decades. Try making strawberry daiquiri on your own. It includes: 150 ml of Bacardi white rum, 80 ml of strawberry puree (preferably from fresh berries), 4 teaspoons of sugar, 4 lime juice, crushed ice. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed in a blender until completely homogeneous. After that, the cocktail is poured into chilled glasses and garnished with whole strawberries.
Frozen strawberry daiquiri won great love. It has an exquisite taste and will perfectly decorate any party or celebration. In order to cook it, you need: 25 ml of light rum; 4 strawberries; cognac - 25 ml; 12 ml lime juice; 3-5 drops of grenadine pomegranate syrup. Mix all the ingredients in a blender and do not forget to add ice (two or three cubes are enough). Bring the contents to a homogeneous mass, pour into chilled glasses and garnish with mint leaves and strawberries. This cocktail will not leave anyone indifferent. Ladies will be delighted with such a drink and enjoy it.
A cocktail with strawberries prepared according to this recipe is in great demand among Americans: 60 ml of rum (variety must be white) Carta Bianca; 20 ml of strawberry liquor or syrup; 10 ml of lime juice and sugar syrup; ice cubes and 4 strawberries.
Everything is put into the mixer and whisked at low speed for about 20 seconds, poured into cocktail glasses or old-fashioned. Garnished with strawberries on the rim of the glass.
Strawberry daiquiri is delicious, but there are other alcoholic cocktails. This, for example, Papa Double - the favorite drink of the writer E. Hemingway (it is often called "Daemiri Hemingway"). It consists of a double portion of rum, it is prepared from the following ingredients: 125 ml of light rum; 50 ml lime juice; 100 ml of red grapefruit juice; 60 ml Maraschino (liquor) and plenty of ice. The main condition for the preparation of this cocktail is no sugar, it is replaced by Maraschino liquor. This is a very strong drink, it must be drunk with extreme caution.
Daiquiri alcohol cocktails can be prepared from a wide variety of ingredients, but the basis is undoubtedly rum, crushed ice, and lime juice. Daiquiri was preferred by US President John F. Kennedy, the heroes of Hemingway and Salinger. Irwin Shaw and John Updike mention in their works this strong alcoholic drink, which has been enjoying well-deserved love for more than a century. Try your guests to make a cocktail with strawberries, and a great evening is guaranteed!