Directions
Don’s Special Daiquiri, invented by the legendary Donn Beach, one of the fathers of the Tiki cocktail movement, is one of the most famous, appreciated and sumptuous cocktails (Tiki). More than a cocktail, it is a symphony that mixes, doses, and alternates sweetness, acidity, and more evolved tones, spicy and rich in caramel hints prevalent in Jamaican rum.
The recipe is easy, but the ingredients aren’t that simple. Let’s say that you must have already made the honey mix and passion fruit syrup, but if you are a skilled bartender, there are no problems. They are your tools of the trade.
For all the others, however, after the recipe, you will find two more recipes to make these two ingredients, but make them fresh. Never buy ready-made preparations, especially industrial syrups. Otherwise, it is better to forget it and not even make a cocktail. And if you are a professional, what identifies a great bartender is the care and passion he puts into preparing the ingredients.
Ingredients and doses to make Don’s Special Daiquiri
- 3 cl of Jamaican gold rum
- 1.5 cl Cuban white rum
- 2 cl of lime juice
- 1.5 cl of passion fruit syrup
- 1.5 cl of honey mix
How to make Don’s Special Daiquiri cocktail
Put some ice in the cocktail glass, which you will throw away.
Squeeze the lime and strain the juice.
Put all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake for 30 seconds. Honey, passion fruit and rum are all ingredients with a complex flavor and must be mixed well. Especially honey.
Pour into the cup filtering with a strainer and serve.
How to make passion fruit syrup
Cut the passion fruit in half, then collect the juice in a jar that you can close tightly with a lid. With a spoon, extract the pulp and seeds and put them in a colander and mash for a couple of minutes. Now put everything, even the seeds, into the jar, add 2 tablespoons of sugar syrup, close and shake for 3-4 minutes. Strain the juice and it’s ready to use.
How to make the honey mix
To make this honey syrup, all you have to do is dilute it with water to make it less viscous and more easily soluble in cocktails. Put honey and water in equal quantities in a jar, shake and the honey mix is ready.
Other great aperitif cocktails that deserve your attention
Negroni, Mojito, Moscow Mule, Gin & Tonic, Dark and Stormy, Daiquiri, Margarita, Spritz, Hugo, Old Fashioned, Manhattan.
Food Pairings
Paella, chicken curry, spicy chicken wings, fish tacos, sweet and sour pork, Cantonese rice, puttanesca, amatriciana, carbonara.
