Description
Morir Soñando, my favorite Dominican drink to enjoy during the blisteringly hot summer days. A tasty mix of orange juice, milk and sweetener, mixed until cool and creamy.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups fresh squeezed orange juice, no pulp (about 4 medium oranges)
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1-2 tbsp agave syrup or light brown sugar
- 2-3 cups of ice, plus more ice for serving
- 1 cup evaporated oat or coconut milk (or use a can of lite coconut milk)
- Pinch of kosher salt
- Orange slices for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Pour the orange and lime juice into a large pitcher with your sweetener of choice. Make sure to mix well and if using a dry sugar, make sure it is mixed until fully dissolved.
- Add 2 cups of ice and stir well, allowing the juice to fully chill.
- Once (and only when) the juice is cold, slowly pour in the evaporated milk while continuously stirring the mixture to avoid the milk from separating.
- When the milk is fully incorporated, add the remaining ice and stir in a small pinch of salt (this will help bring out more of the sweet flavor from the orange juice).
- To serve, pour the drink into cups filled with ice and serve garnished with an orange slice.
Notes
Make sure your ingredients cold. Keeping the juice cold will help prevent the milk from cutting or curdling. The best way to do this is to add lots of ice to the juice and make sure it is cold before using.
Slowly pour in the milk and stir continuously. This will again prevent the milk from separating or curdling when mixed with the juice.
Adjust the sweetness to your liking. Personally, I don’t like adding a lot of sugar to mine. I feel the orange juice tends to be sweet enough, so I only use between 1-2 tablespoons of sweetener. If you like yours more sweet, add more to taste!
Use the sweetener that you like. Traditionally, regular sugar is used. I like to either use brown sugar or agave syrup. Most times I will use a liquid sweetener like agave as it blends easier into the drink. You can also use alternative sweeteners like monk fruit or stevia (use smaller amounts to sweeten as the sweetness is very intense for some alternative sweeteners).
Every family has their own way of making this, so use this as a guide and adjust the amounts of the ingredients to best fit your taste preference. Also note you may want to make this slightly differently using other ingredient swaps listed above. Do you!
