Mango-Banana Daiquiris--Barefoot Bloggers

Our first Barefoot Bloggers recipe for August is Ina's Mango-Banana Daiquiris and was selected by the wonderful Veronica of Supermarket Serenade. Since it is mango season here in Hawaii and I can always get local bananas (usually small, sweet apple bananas), and limes, this is a easy recipe for me to make. Plus if you think about it, Ina's daiquiris are really like fresh fruit smoothies, (except for all that alcohol!), so they are a good way to get a few servings of fruit into your day. :-)

You can find the recipe in Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics (Page 47)

Mango-Banana Daiquiris
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, Ina Garten
(Serves 4)

2 cups chopped ripe mango (1 to 2 mangoes, peeled and seeded)
1 ripe banana, chopped
1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice (4 limes)
1/4 cup sugar syrup*
1 1/4 cups dark rum, such as Mount Gay
Mango slices, for serving

Place the mango, banana, lime juice, sugar syrup, and rum in a blender and process until smooth. Add 2 cups of ice and process again until smooth and thick. Serve ice-cold in highball glasses with the mango slices.

*To make simple syrup, heat 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan until the sugar dissolves. Chill.

Notes/Results: Very Good! Two parts sweet to one part tangy in flavor, it's a refreshing drink and not too heavy. I made two changes, the first being using the remains of a bottle of coconut rum I needed to use up instead of the dark rum Ina called for. The second change was to not add the simple syrup, as my mangoes and bananas were both really ripe and sweet, as was the rum. I felt it needed just a little something though, so I added about 1/2 tablespoon of agave nectar, which made it perfect for my tastes. 

Thanks Veronica for picking a fun and easy summer cocktail! You can see the other Barefoot Bloggers and find out what they thought of their daiquiris by going to the BB site here.