Morir Soñando (To Die Dreaming) Mocktail Recipe
A frosty Dominican cooler of ice-cold orange juice folded into sweetened milk over crushed ice.
- Category: Mocktail
- Glass: Highball glass
- ABV: 0%
- Difficulty: Easy
- Prep time: ~3 min
- Alcohol-free: ✓
Ingredients
- Evaporated milk90 ml (3 oz)
- Fresh orange juice120 ml (4.1 oz)
- Sugar2 tsp
How to Make It
- Stir the sugar into the very cold evaporated milk until it dissolves.
- Fill a highball glass to the top with crushed ice and pour in the milk.
- Add the ice-cold orange juice slowly, stirring constantly so the milk does not curdle.
- Serve at once with the orange wheel.
Garnish
An orange wheel on the rim of the glass.
What it tastes like
It smells of lemon and lime peel, the texture is creamy and it drinks cool and easy.
The technique
Built in the glass. Ice goes into the serving glass, the ingredients go on top, and you stir once if at all. Anything carbonated goes in LAST and never gets stirred; every turn of the spoon costs you bubbles. Fill the glass to the rim with ice: less ice melts faster, not slower.
Glass and ice
A tall, narrow highball. The narrowness does real work — less surface area means the carbonation lasts longer and the ice melts more slowly.
Ingredient notes and substitutes
- Evaporated milk
- Milk with half its water removed and no sugar added; lighter than cream, fuller than milk. With none, half milk and half cream gives the same body.
- Fresh orange juice
- Fresh orange juice. Carton juice is sugar-adjusted, so it sweetens the drink and drops its acidity; when you squeeze your own, pull back a little on the syrup.
- Sugar
- Granulated sugar. It dissolves badly in a cold drink, so either muddle it with a few drops of water first or turn it into syrup to begin with.
The Story
A Dominican classic whose name means 'to die dreaming', sold everywhere from street carts to home kitchens. The trick is that everything must be very cold, so the juice does not curdle the milk.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a Morir Soñando (To Die Dreaming) mixed?
- It is built in the glass and served in a highball glass.
- Does a Morir Soñando (To Die Dreaming) contain alcohol?
- No. It is safe to serve to children, to anyone pregnant, and to whoever is driving.
- Is a Morir Soñando (To Die Dreaming) hard to make?
- Easy. No bar kit required — a measure, ice and a jar will do.
The main ingredient here is also a dream symbol: Milk in a dream
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