Mark Bittman

Classic Daiquiri

Preparation info
  • Makes

    2

    strong servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

  • About

The real thing, not the frozen kind, an elegant and delicious drink, especially when made with good aged dark rum.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup rum
  • 2 teaspoons Sugar Syrup or superfine sugar to taste

Method

  1. Combine the first 4 ingredients in a cocktail shaker; shake well, then taste and add more sugar or lime if you like.
  2. Strain into a martini or cocktail glass and garnish with the lime.