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Acerola Cocktail [Recipe + Video] Cocktail de Limonada de Cereza Dominicana
Learn how to make a summer-friendly, heat-busting acerola cocktail with cerezas dominicanas, and feel like you are on a tropical beach wherever you are.
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 6 glasses
Calories: 473 kcal
Course:
Drinks
Cuisine:
Caribbean , Dominican
Ingredients
- 4 cups acerola (Barbados cherries) washed
- ¼ cup sugar (white, granulated) or to taste
- Juice of 4 limes
- 2 cups Dominican white rum [50 Centiliters]
- ice
Instructions
1. Blend
- Combine acerola and 2 cups [50 Centiliters] of water in the blender, and blend until the pulp is slightly broken down, leaving the seeds as whole as possible.Sieve with a medium-mesh sieve, pressing with a spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids.
Cup of Yum
2. Mix
- Add ¼ cup of sugar and stir to dissolve. Add the lime juice and check again for sweetness, adding more sugar to taste (it must be a bit too sweet because the rum will lower the sweetness again).Add the rum and stir to combine.
3. Serve
- Add the ice and either serve right away, or blend it to make it into a frappe.
Notes
- Nutrition facts are a rough approximation based on regular cherries, acerola cherries are not included in the nutritional database.
Nutrition Information
Calories
473kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
51g
(17%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
0.2g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.01g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.04g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.01g
Sodium
22mg
(1%)
Potassium
474mg
(14%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
37g
(74%)
Vitamin A
34IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
19mg
(21%)
Calcium
42mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6glasses
Amount Per Serving
Calories 473
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 473kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 51g | 17% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 0.2g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sodium | 22mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 474mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 37g | 74% |
| Vitamin A | 34IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 19mg | 21% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.