Strawberry Daiquiri

Back in my younger days, fancy drinks often came from a can and were served frozen. When I thought about making a fresh strawberry daiquiri I couldn’t help but think of the Bacardi frozen daiquiris (and piña coladas) that Elisabeth R and I enjoyed living together in college and our early post-college years. I didn’t have many appliances in college but someone was kind enough to pass along a blender to me which facilitated the making of these drinks. I actually considered making a ‘adult’ frozen version in my Vitamix, but opted not to. I just can’t quite repeat that chapter of my cocktail life.

The key to this drink is finding the freshest and most flavorful strawberries that you can – most likely locally grown. Muddling them releases all of the good flavors found in fresh strawberries. Plus, the riper the strawberry, the easier to muddle. The sweetness of the strawberries pairs well with rum and that combination is offset by the tartness of the freshly squeezed lime juice.

Perhaps you had a few too many sickly sweet frozen daiquiris in your earlier years like me – take the time to give this libation one more try.

Thank you to the Frecon Farms (from Boyertown, PA) stand at the Growing Roots’ Farmers Market in Malvern, PA for the wonderful strawberries used in this cocktail.

Gluten-Free/Wheat-Free Note:  This cocktail is gluten-free as rum is naturally gluten-free.