Combine all of the ingredients in a blender.

Blend well at high speed until smooth.

Pour into a collins or margarita glass.

If your drink is too thin, add a little more ice and blend again.

Ingredients:

2 ounces white rum

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

1/4 ounce simple syrup

5-6 medium-sized, fresh strawberries, washed and hulled

Whole or sliced strawberry for garnish

Preparation:

Muddle the strawberries in a mixing glass or cocktail shaker until crushed and most of the juice has been released

Add rum, lime juice, syrup, and ice.

Shake well.

Fine strain* into a chilled cocktail or margarita glass.

Garnish with a strawberry.

*Note: Use a fine strainer along with your normal cocktail strainer. This fine straining will remove all of the strawberry chunks and most of the tiny seeds from the drink.

If you like, serve this daiquiri over fresh ice.

It is also possible to make the Strawberry Daiquiri with a strawberry liqueur instead of fresh strawberries. For this recipe, I would begin with about 1 ounce of liqueur and adjust that measurement to suit your taste.

Both of these recipes are very basic and can be played with. Add your own personal spin on the Strawberry Daiquiri by choosing a specific rum, adding more fruit, or some other secret ingredient. A friend of mine uses Captain Morgan exclusively and his frozen daiquiris are always a hot commodity.

Choosing the Strawberries

Fresh strawberries are preferred. They are available almost year-round and at their peak from April through June. There is also something special about strawberries from your own garden or the local farmers market. If you are a Strawberry Daiquiri lover, you should take advantage of these opportunities.

Be sure to properly wash and hull fresh berries before mixing them into any drink.

Frozen strawberries are good as well, especially in the frozen daiquiri. In fact, some drinkers prefer to use them because they make the process just a little bit easier.

How to Make a Strawberry Fan Garnish

Save a few whole fruits for garnishing, either whole or sliced. Cut a slit in a whole berry to rest it on the rim of a glass.

The strawberry fan in the picture is very easy to create:

Remove the green cap.

Cut 4-5 thin slices lengthwise while holding the berry together.

When you are ready to garnish the drink, simply spread the slices out and lay them on top of the drink.

Orange Liqueur

The Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri recipe uses an orange liqueur. While triple sec is the most common choice, you may want to play with some of the other options available. A quick upgrade would be Cointreau. Grand Marnier adds a nice flare as well.

The Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri is going to have a considerably lower alcohol content because a full cup (8 ounces) of ice is used in the drink.

If an 80-proof rum (and triple sec) is used, then the frozen daiquiri would be about 9% ABV (18 proof) and the shaken daiquiri is a little more potent at around 20% ABV (40 proof).