Recipe: Hemingway Daiquiri
October 19, 2011 by Mr. Boozenik
Filed under Featured, Recipes
Once upon a time the Daiquiri was not the gloppy sweet, faux fruit beverage dispensed from a slushee-machine at your French Quarter/Las Vegas/insert-other-home-of-debauchery-here tourist trap. It was once a fine sweet but tart drink, savored in pre-revolution Cuba, Florida, and elsewhere.
Our favorite version is the one to which Ernest Hemingway’s name became attached, because of his preference for a less sweet variant than the norm. This one is slightly less sweet and more bitter and complex. I think the addition of grapefruit juice and other tweaks to the classic daiquiri makes for a more refreshing cocktail, especially with brunch, as we tend to have them. While there are several recipes floating around, this is the one we prefer:
Hemingway Daiquiri
2 oz. Light Rum (we use Don-Q Cristal)
¾ oz. Lime Juice (fresh-squeezed!)
½ oz. Grapefruit Juice (fresh squeezed from Oro Blanco, if possible)
¼ oz. Maraschino Liqueur (we use Luxardo)
Shake sharply with ice.
Strain into cocktail glass.
Some prefer the drink served over shaved ice, but we think it is quite refreshing without.
