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Banana Daiquiri

Rum, banana liqueur, lime and a piece of ripe banana, blended with crushed ice until smooth: a fruity frozen Daiquiri.

Strength
≈ 13% ABV
Calories
≈ 224
Glass
Coupe
Method
Blended

The recipe

How to make it

  1. 1Chill a coupe.
  2. 2Blend everything without ice until smooth.
  3. 3Add a scoop (about 7 oz) of crushed ice and blend again until smooth.
  4. 4Pour into the coupe.

Garnish: A banana slice or dried banana chip on the rim.

Variations: Many frozen versions use a whole banana: Julie Reiner’s, in Punch, blends 1 oz each of Jamaican rum, white rum and banana liqueur with ½ oz demerara syrup, ½ oz lime, a banana and 1½ cups of crushed ice.

Difford’s also blends in a quarter bar spoon of xanthan gum, optional, to keep the drink from separating.

The ratio

4½ : 3 : 1 : ½

In parts, a Banana Daiquiri is 4½ rum, 3 banana liqueur, 1 lime and ½ syrup. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.

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By the numbers

Estimated per drink, as served

Calories

≈ 224

Sugar

≈ 17 g

Strength

≈ 13%

Std. drinks

≈ 1.4

Aged rum ≈ 99Banana liqueur ≈ 83Banana ≈ 26Simple syrup ≈ 12Lime juice ≈ 3 How we estimate