Miami Vice Recipe

Name: Miami Vice Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 30 Ml Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum; 150 grams of fresh strawberries, hulled; 30 Ml lime juice, freshly squeezed; 15 Ml simple syrup; ice; 30 Ml Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum; 60 Ml coconut cream; 15 Ml simple syrup; 60 Ml fresh pineapple juice; To garnish a wedge of pineapple

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PREP TIME 10 min

Cocktail Type

Daiquiri

Great for

Summer

Difficulty

Easy

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What is a Miami Vice drink, you may ask? Miami Vice cocktail ingredients include two separate Caribbean cocktails, a Strawberry Daiquiri and a Piña Colada. What a treat! Our Miami Vice Recipe is definitely one of the best beach cocktails to transport you to the sun-soaked shores of Ibiza, Mexico or even Miami. When you can’t choose between two great cocktails, make both with this two-in-one cocktail –it really is the best of both worlds.

Why is it called Miami Vice?

Created in Miami, the Miami Vice cocktail is named after the 80s hit cop show of the same name and has been a fixture on the beach bar scene ever since. In the show, everything was over the top with 80s style and all the glitzy beach glam you can imagine. The Miami Vice cocktail is no exception and should be served just as extravagantly!

How to make a Miami Vice cocktail

Although a Miami Vice recipe does mean doubling up on cocktail ingredients, don’t be put off by this duo drink. It is really simple to whip up!

The Miami Vice cocktail ingredients include a good quality white rum. We like a Jamaican rum for this drink, such as Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum because the molasses notes don’t overpower in this fruit forward cocktail. Another good one is Trois Rivières White Rum, as the spiced honey blends well with the strawberry and pineapple flavours.

For the Strawberry Daiquiri element, you’ll need some gorgeous strawberries and fresh lime juice—both best friends with rum. Sweeten these with a little homemade simple syrup (or store bought). Blitz the strawberries with the rum, syrup and lime in a blender with a handful of ice until smooth. Pour this into a hurricane glass and place in the freezer.

For the Piña Colada part, you’ll need freshly squeezed pineapple juice (store bought is fine if you can’t get fresh) and decadent coconut cream. Tip all the Piña Colada ingredients along with another handful of ice in the blender. Give it a quick blitz until smooth. Take the Daiquiri out of the freezer and gently pour the Piña Colada over the top. Serve and enjoy!

QUICK TIPS

Serve in a highball glass if you don’t have a hurricane glass

Get jazzy with the layering and add several alternative layers for stripey cocktail

Add a few mint leaves to your strawberry mix for a delicious extra

INGREDIENTS

MAKE FOR

1 Person

For the Strawberry Daiquiri

30 Ml

1 Oz

1 Parts

Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum

150

grams of fresh strawberries, hulled

30 Ml

1 Oz

1 Parts

lime juice, freshly squeezed

15 Ml

0.5 Oz

0.5 Parts

simple syrup

ice

For the Piña Colada

30 Ml

1 Oz

1 Parts

Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum

60 Ml

2 Oz

2 Parts

coconut cream

15 Ml

0.5 Oz

0.5 Parts

simple syrup

60 Ml

2 Oz

2 Parts

fresh pineapple juice

To garnish a wedge of pineapple

INSTRUCTIONS

Add a handful of ice to the blender with all of the Daiquiri ingredients and blend until smooth

Pour into a hurricane glass and place in the freezer

Rinse and dry the blender jug

Add all the Piña Colada ingredients to the blender with another good handful of ice and blend until smooth

Take the glass from the freezer and gently top it up with the Piña Colada

Garnish with a pineapple wedge and enjoy

The best tips for making a Miami Vice recipe

Here are some tricks to make this retro drink in the best way:

Ideally you’ll need a strong blender to crush your Miami Vice cocktail ingredients and the ice into a slushie texture. If you only have an immersion or stick blender, you can whizz the ingredients in a jug and stir in crushed ice

If you want to make this cocktail with frozen fruit, omit the ice
To ensure the two layers don’t blend when mixing, pour your Piña Colada over the back of a spoon for the best layered effect
Go wild with the garish garnish – add straws, umbrellas, strawberries and pineapple wedges to your glasses
Easy summer cocktails like this refreshing cooler are best served on hot humid summer days, even if you wish you were rather at the beach. Its perfect for backyard BBQs, summer celebrations and all outdoor gatherings with friends

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

This iconic Miami Vice recipe is easy to make if you have a blender. It’s made in two parts; first up is the Strawberry Daiquiri. Blitz it together and pour into a glass to place in the freezer. Then Piña Colada ingredients are whizzed up and poured over the strawberry layer to create the beautiful Miami Vice cocktail.

This oh-so tropical tiki bar cocktail is a duo drink of Strawberry Daiquiri and Piña Colada. Inspired by the hit tv cop show, it was popular in the 80s and 90s on the nightclub and beach bar scene in Miami.

If you want an icy-cold frozen version of the Miami Vice, use frozen fruit and leaving out the ice as it will make it too watery. Bring on the brain freeze!

For all the Miami Vice cocktail ingredients you’ll need a decent white rum like Wray and Nephew Overproof Rum for both cocktails. For the Strawberry Daiquiri, you’ll also need strawberries and fresh lime juice as well as little a simple syrup to sweeten things. In the Piña