Strawberry Dark and Stormy
Writing to you from a rainy Texas, we decided on a beverage tribute to our abnormally stormy summer. The Dark and Stormy cocktail is traditionally made of non-alcoholic ginger beer and dark rum served over ice.
Servings: 5 adult servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups Whole Raw Strawberries
- 5 pretty Strawberries for Garnish
- 1 cup Dark Spiced Rum
- 2.5 bottles Ginger Beer 12 FL oz. each
- 5 cups Ice
- Cheese Cloth
Instructions
- Chill five 16 FL oz. glasses with water and ice.
- Cut the stems off your strawberries.
- Put the strawberries in a blender and blend on high for at least 1 minute.
- Line a small bowl with 4-ply cheesecloth. [Just fold cheesecloth over itself 4 times.]
- Pour the pureed strawberries in the cheesecloth.
- Fold the cheesecloth over the puree and squeeze the liquid out into the bowl.
- Mix 1.25 cups strawberry puree with 1 cup dark spiced rum.
- Discard the ice and water used to chill the glasses.
- Pour ½ cup ice into each of the now chilled glasses.
- Pour 3 ounces of the strawberry/rum mixture (2 shots worth) into each glass.
- Top with the ginger beer (about ½ a bottle) and stir.
- Garnish with a strawberry and serve!
Nutrition
Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Vitamin C: 41mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.3mg