Honeysuckle Daiquiri

[judydawn]

Found this recipe in Gourmet Traveller and have fiddled with different spirits and juice quantities for the past 5 nights until I got it just right   I tried Tequila & Gin but settled for Malibu. What a great experiment  

Best to prepare yourself in advance with the following steps so that you can be ready to go at the drop of a hat if visitors pop in.

Firstly, make the honeysuckle syrup by placing 110g honey & 110g water in the TM bowl and cooking for 3 mins/80^o/speed 1.  Pour into a jug or bottle and allow to cool.  I just keep it in the pantry.  You can make as much as you want using equal quantities of honey and water but the above quantity would make 5-6 drinks.

Juice some oranges and lemons - freeze the juice in ice-cube trays - do a whole tray of each.  

Now, prepare your cocktail using these weights for each person. I was only making 1 glass at a time in my trials so adjust times if making a bigger batch.

25mls honeysuckle syrup
5 cubes ice
30 g lemon cubes
30 g  orange cubes
35-40 g Malibu
  
Blitz for 45 - 60 seconds on speed 8.
If you are making for a crowd and the bowl is pretty full, use the spatula to assist.

[Bedlam]

Judy,bring on summer. Sounds delicious. A honey syrup instead of sugar syrup,mmmm. Look forward to sipping by the pool.

[judydawn]

Nothing could be more relaxing Denise.

[Cornish Cream]

Look delicious Judy,hard going this recipe testing 

[judydawn]

It's dreadful CC but someone has to do it 

[faffa_70]

Oh dear JD - I am not an alcohol drinker at the best of times, but the last couple of cocktails have got to me. Roll on summer I say (hic) 

[achookwoman]

Judy, you'r at it again.  I am waiting for the warm weather to see what you come up with. Keep experimenting.

[CreamPuff63]

JD all those failures until you tweaked the recipe just made you plug on night after night - what a trooper 
do you get honeysuckly syrup from the supermarket?

[judydawn]

No, it is in the recipe CP - equal quantities of honey & water made in the TMX and kept specifically for this drink.

Firstly, make the honeysuckle syrup by placing 110g honey & 110g water in the TM bowl and cooking for 3 mins/80^o/speed 1.  Pour into a jug or bottle and allow to cool.  I just keep it in the pantry.  You can make as much as you want using equal quantities of honey and water but the above quantity would make 5-6 drinks.

[Carine]

"d better juice & freeze a few of my oranges and limes for this summer cocktail    Thanks 
How was the tequila version Judy (I find Malibu a bit sweet...)?

[judydawn]

I didn't like it at all Carine (but I did drink it ) so if you like something less sweet, perhaps you would like it.  The beauty of this recipe is that it doesn't cost much to try anything as it is only 1 spirit being used at a time unlike a lot of cocktails that use multiple spirits.  The recipe said you could use any spirit, I didn't get around to trying vodka as I had decided Malibu was my preferred option.

[Wonder]

This sounds great. I might need to start stocking up on spirits when I travel.

[Frozzie]

pity we arent having much of a summer but might have to try anyway..thanks JD...i have a girlfriend who would love this 

[Twitterpated]

Having friends over for drinks on the weekend. This will be perfect! Thanks for posting JD. Looking forward to many more drinks from you. Hope you enjoyed the experiment.

[judydawn]

How can you not Twitterpated. These cocktails are my personal reward for my day's work  Would go down better if I was sitting around a pool in a tropical resort and some gorgeous hunk was serving me drinks but.......