Recipe: The Perfect Daiquiri

This week on Good Food, it’s all about rum. The spirit has caught the imagination of many cocktail enthusiasts around town and there are several bars and restaurants devoted to the spirit. Steve Livigni is the General Manager of La Descarga, a rum focused bar in Hollywood and he talks to Evan about his favorite cocktail – the Daiquiri. Keep reading for his recipe for a Perfect Hard Shaken Daiquiri and check out the video below to watch how to hard shake a cocktail…

A Perfect Daiquiri

2oz rum

1 oz fresh lime juice

2 bar spoons of superfine sugar

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and give it a very rigorous shake in the tin (see video). Steve prefers not to strain this cocktail twice because he enjoys the little flecks of ice floating on the top