Strawberry Daiquiri Recipe

Daiquiri is nothing but a kind of cocktail, which is made from various ingredients like lime, various flavored syrups and rum. This drink was invented somewhere in the beginning of 20th century, by some mining engineers of America, in Cuba. Gradually by 1940, the drink started gaining fame all over the world. Daiquiris can be made by using different flavors, strawberry being one of the most popular flavors.

Non-Alcoholic Recipe

For those who are non-alcoholic, here is a simple and easy to make non-alcoholic recipe. Non-alcoholic daiquiris are also called virgin daiquiris, due to missing alcohol content. The ingredients required for this fresh recipe are, fresh lime juice (1 ounce), fresh strawberries (3 ounces), sugar (1 teaspoon) and cracked ice as much required. First put the strawberries, lime juice and sugar into a blender and blend the mixture until it turns smooth. Later, add the cracked ice to the blender and blend again to form smooth mixture. Serve the drink in a cocktail glass and garnish it with sliced strawberry and attractive straw. You can make variations in this non-alcoholic drink, by using milk instead of lime juice. Strawberries should always be used in fresh form, but you can also go for frozen strawberries or strawberry syrup, if fresh strawberries are not available.

Mix Recipe

A strawberry daiquiri mix is nothing but a mix that is prepared from strawberry puree, water and sugar. This is an instant mix that can be used to prepare cocktails by just adding alcohol and ice to it. You can prepare and store this mix and use it on the party day. You can also add other flavors like pineapple, raspberries, orange, etc and come up with some exotic cocktails for your guests. This mix is stored in a frozen form and can be used at the time of preparing the drink. The ingredients required are, lime juice (1/3 cup), water (¼ cup), granulated sugar (2 cups) and most importantly, hulled and washed strawberries (1 quart). First mix all the ingredients, except strawberries, in a medium-sized bowl and stir to mix them. Stir to completely dissolve the sugar content. Then add the stirred mixture and strawberries to a blender and blend it until it turns smooth. Then pour the mixture into freezer trays and keep them in the freezer to turn into freeze cubes. Pack these cubes in some freezer bags and store them. While preparing the strawberry daiquiri, all you need to do is add rum and ice to the strawberry daiquiri mix and blend until the mixture turns smooth.

Frozen Recipe

Frozen daiquiris are those daiquiris which are prepared from different types of mixed drinks and powdered ice. They are usually prepared with the help of machines, to avoid the manual pulverization required. These daiquiris have a different texture than regular daiquiris and is similar to that of smoothie. Variations, like use of frozen lemonade is also done to prepare frozen daiquiri recipe. The ingredients required to prepare one such frozen strawberry daiquiri are, frozen lemonade (6 ounces), rum (4 ½ ounces) and fresh strawberries. In the blender, place all the ingredients and blend the mixture until it turns smooth. You can serve the mixture in the same form or freeze it for sometime. Serve the mixture in cocktail glasses with a garnishing of sliced strawberry or mint leaves.

Serve this daiquiri in beautiful glasses and various garnishing methods. I hope the strawberry daiquiri recipes given above will help you prepare delicious drinks, for your party guests.