mango daiquiri

No doubt mango daiquiris are delicious. What makes this particular one so awesome? It’s just as delicious as any other mango daiquiri, but it’s made with real fruit and no added sugar! I first tried mango daiquiris on the sugar train shore excursion in Saint Kitts. They were good, but I didn’t really think about them much afterword. On the rare occasion I have a drink on a cruise it’s usually a piña colada. We’ve always avoided the all-inclusive sort of cruises because normally they cost a lot more and we’d just be subsidizing other people’s drinking. Then we happened on a good deal on a Celebrity cruise that was all inclusive so of course we had to make use of the included drink package. Not that we suddenly turned into alcoholics or anything – you can use it for specialty tea, coffee, hot chocolate, virgin drinks, or sodas too, but I did have more than the usual zero to one drink I’d normally have on a cruise. Piña coladas are good of course, but remembering the mango daiquiri from that excursion I tried that too, and they were definitely good whether virgin or not. Odds are on the ship they’re made with daiquiri mix or simple syrup (which is full of sugar) and mango juice (or some sort of mango flavoring) plus ice, but not likely any real fruit. Not sure about the train. This recipe has all the taste without any simple syrup or daquiri mix – and there’s a virgin option too.

ingredients for mango daiquiri

MANGO DAIQUIRI RECIPE

1 cup frozen mango pieces

1/2 cup ice

1/4 cup coconut rum

1/8 cup triple sec

1/8 cup lime juice

1/2 cup pineapple juice

Amounts listed are per serving. Put all ingredients into a blender and mix. The height of the solid and liquid ingredients in the blender should be about the same before blending. If your blender is weak cut the mango into smaller bits and crush the ice before putting them into the blender for ease of mixing, If the blender struggles too much add more liquid. Putting the liquids into the blender first and then adding the solids makes it easier for the blender to do its job. Probably because there’s a bit more liquid around the blades at the start that way. For other fruit daquiris substitute the fruit you want for the mango and use an appropriate juice for that fruit if pineapple doesn’t go well with it.

solid and liquid ingredients should come up to about the same height in the blender

VIRGIN OPTION

Omit the rum and triple sec and substitute 1/2 cup mango nectar per serving instead.

ready to drink

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