Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri
Blended strawberries, lime and ice, thick enough to stand a straw in.
Photo: Virgin strawberry daiquiri (8410672999) by Saaleha Bamjee from Johannesburg, South africa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · All credits
Ingredients
- 6 berries Strawberry - Frozen ones work well, and save the ice
- 25 ml Jigger The small side of a standard jigger, filled to the top: 25 ml, with 50 ml on the other side. Lime juice - Essential - strawberries need something sharp against them
- 15 ml Spoons A tablespoon. Simple syrup
- 237 ml Measuring jug A measuring jug: pour to the 237 ml line. Ice
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What the jigger, the spoons and the jug hold, in millilitres and in fluid ounces, is on the measures reference.
Quick version
- Blend the strawberries with lime, syrup and ice, then pour into a chilled coupe.
Method
- Hull the strawberries and put them in a blender with the lime juice, syrup and a cup of ice.
- Blend on high for 25 seconds, until it is smooth and thick.
- Pour into a chilled coupe or a rocks glass, without straining it.
- Split a strawberry over the rim of the glass and serve it with a straw.
Serve it
Virgin Strawberry Daiquiri
The frozen strawberry Daiquiri is the drink that made blenders worth owning, and the alcohol in it has never been the point - the point is that it is cold, thick and tastes of strawberries. With no rum in it, the balance shifts: the lime has to work harder, and the drink is a frozen dessert in a glass rather than a cocktail, which is a perfectly good thing to be.
Getting it right
Freeze the strawberries and use less ice, or use fresh berries and more ice - either way, the drink should be thick enough that a straw stands up in it and not so thick that you need a spoon. The lime juice is not negotiable; without it, the drink is a strawberry slushie with no edge, and the syrup is only there if the berries need it. Drink it fast, before it separates.
Tasting notes
Concentrated strawberry, with the lime cutting through the sweetness and a clean, cold finish. It is the least serious drink in this book, and the one most likely to be requested by somebody who claims not to like cocktails.