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Key Lime Daiquiri

The short hop between Florida and Cuba was once a great cocktail route. At the end of the nineteenth century, Americans discovered one of the island's little secrets: a simple combination of rum, sugar, and lime that achieved fame as the daiquiri, named after the Cuban town of the same name.

Ernest Hemingway drank them frozen at El Floridita bar in Havana, where the recipe called for a teaspoon of maraschino liqueur. Squeeze real Key West limes, and you get an Americanized twist on Cuba's stroke of genius.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 ounces (1/4 cup) fresh key lime juice (from 8 to 10 Key limes; or regular lime juice from 2 to 3 limes)
  • 2 ounces (1/4 cup) light rum
  • 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) syrup, plus more to taste
  • 1 cup ice
  • Half a key lime, for garnish

Directions

  1. In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil; stir to dissolve. Let syrup cool completely. Combine lime juice, light rum, syrup, plus more to taste, and ice in a cocktail shaker; shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with half a key lime.
From Martha Stewart Living, August 2009

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