We’re well into blood orange season and it’s well know that blood oranges are one of my favorite fruits. I picked up a bunch from the grocery store recently and made tow delicious cocktails.
The first is this blood orange daiquiri. Just a little twist on a traditional daiquiri of rum, lime juice, and simple syrup or a traditional strawberry daiquiri as most know it from the beach bar.
This recipe is made best with fresh blood orange juice but you can also buy premade blood orange juice. Fortunately, this time of the year blood orange are in full swing and you can find them in just about every major grocery store… except Walmart.
They also make a pre-squeezed, if you will, blood orange juice that you can get from the juice section if you don’t feel like squeezing your own.
You can usually get about 1 to 2 ounces of juice from one blood orange. So you only need a couple blood oranges to make a bunch of cocktails.
Squeeze the fresh juice and add it to a cocktail shaker. Add the rum, lime juice, and simple syrup (you can find the recipe here).
Fill the shaker 2/3 with ice, cover and shake vigorously for 30 seconds to thoroughly mix and chill the drink.
Strain into a cocktail glass over one large ice cube and garnish with a wedge or slice of blood orange. Serve and enjoy!
Blood Orange Daquiri
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz blood orange juice
- 2 oz white rum
- 1/2 oz lime juice
- 1/2 oz orange liqueur
- 1/2 oz simple syrup (optional)
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and fill half-way with fresh ice. Cover and shake vigorously for 30 seconds.
- Strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice and garnish with a blood orange wheel or slice.