Description
A refreshing and classic Strawberry Daiquiri cocktail bursting with fresh strawberry flavor, rum, and lime juice. Perfect for summer, this blended drink is sweet, tangy, and icy cold. Easily made nonalcoholic by omitting rum for a delicious virgin version.
Ingredients
Scale
Fruit
- 1 pound strawberries
Liquids
- 4 ounces rum
- 3 ounces simple syrup
- 1 ounce lime juice
Instructions
- Prepare Strawberries: Remove stems from strawberries and slice them in half. Set aside half (8 ounces) of the strawberries to freeze.
- Freeze Berries: Place 8 ounces of the sliced strawberries in the freezer until fully frozen, which takes about 2 hours.
- Blend Ingredients: Add the fresh strawberries and the frozen strawberries into the jar of a high-speed blender. Pour in the rum, simple syrup, and lime juice. Blend everything until smooth and icy.
- Garnish and Serve: Pour the daiquiri into glasses and garnish with an extra strawberry and/or a lime wedge. Serve immediately.
- Optional Nonalcoholic Version: To make a virgin strawberry daiquiri, omit the rum and replace it with 4 ounces of water. Blend and serve as above.
Notes
- For the best flavor, use ripe, sweet strawberries.
- You can adjust the sweetness by increasing or decreasing the simple syrup.
- Use a high-speed blender for the smoothest consistency.
- The drink is best served immediately to maintain its icy texture.
- The nonalcoholic version maintains all the great strawberry flavor without the alcohol.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 643 kcal
- Sugar: 85 g
- Sodium: 56 mg
- Fat: 1 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 99 g
- Fiber: 9 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
