Strawberry Mai Tai

This Strawberry Mai Tai combines light rum with pineapple juice, triple sec, almond extract, homemade strawberry syrup and a splash of lime juice resulting in a bright and smooth cocktail.  Sipping this cocktail will make you feel like you’re lounging on the beach.  

Strawberry Mai Tai

Strawberry Syrup

  • 1 cup frozen strawberries
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 1/2 tbsp sugar

Mai Tai

  • 1/2 cup light rum
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 1/4 cup strawberry syrup
  • 1 cup pineapple juice
  • 1/2 tbsp almond extract
  • 1/2 cup simple syrup

Strawberry Syrup

  1. Put strawberries, sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.  Stir constantly, reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes until thick.  

    2. Strain the strawberries through a fine-mesh strainer. Using the back of a big spoon press the strawberries to get all of the liquid out. 

    3. Chill the strawberry syrup.  

Mai Tai

  1. Mix all of the ingredients in a pitcher and chill

    2. Fill 6 glasses with ice.

    3. Pour the Mai Tai into the glasses. 

    How to make simple syrup

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