Entertaining for Cinco de Mayo? Shock your friends with surprising twists on the same old tequila cocktails. Go for the gold with a Grand Margarita that includes Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge, an distinctive mix of effective cognac and bitter orange liqueur. Infuse your personal tequila with Patron Silver and contemporary jalapeño to boost a particular blood orange or beet juice margarita.
Experiment with smoky mezcal, herbaceous Amaro Montenegro, or Sorel, a novel hibiscus liqueur with an unique mix of clove, cassia, ginger and nutmeg. Or neglect margaritas altogether by mixing up Mexico’s #1 favourite: the refreshing Paloma and her “skinny” sister recipe. And for a candy style of historical past, rediscover the enduring La Batanga that includes Mexican Coca Cola and stirred with a knife to honor the drink’s creator, Don Javier of the La Capilla bar in Tequila, Mexico.
GRAND MARGARITA
.75 components Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge
1.5 components Tequila
.75 components Contemporary Lime Juice
.25 components Agave Nectar
Lime wheel to garnish
Salt elective
METHOD: Fill a large, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of effective salt. Reduce a lime in half on the width and rub round half of the rim of a margarita glass. Reduce a skinny, crosswise slice from one of many lime halves for garnish. Holding glass the wrong way up, dip moist half delicately into the salt. Shake Grand Marnier, tequila and lime juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Pressure into glass and apply lime garnish to the rim.
SPICY MARGARITA
1.5 oz PATRÓN Silver infused with jalapeño*
.5 ozFlavor Puree (blood orange, mango or contemporary beet)
3 ozLime Juice
Salt rim
Lime wedge and sliced jalapeño for garnish
METHOD: Mix all liquid elements over ice in a shaker. Shake properly and pressure right into a salt-rimmed double quaint glass.
*To infuse Patrón Silver with jalapeño, place two entire jalapeños (lower down the center, with the seeds eliminated) into the bottle of Patrón and let it relaxation for 12 hours.
THE PEOPLE’S MARGARITA
2 oz. Teremana Blanco
.75 oz. Lime Juice
.5 oz. Agave Nectar
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
Lime wheel
METHOD: Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker. Pressure right into a rocks glass over contemporary ice. Garnish with a lime wheel, pineapple leaves & sea salt (as desired).
DEVIL’S MARGARITA
.5 oz Sorel
1.5 ozBlanco Tequila
1 ozfresh lime juice
.75 easy syrup
METHOD: Mix all elements in a shaker over ice. Shake properly. Pressure into coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
LA BATANGA
1.5 oz El Tequileño Blanco
.25 ozLime Juice
Prime with Mexican Coca Cola
Margarita Salt (or coarse salt)
METHOD: Salt the rim of a highball glass and fill it with ice. Add El Tequileño Blanco and lime juice. Prime with cola. Stir with a knife to maintain it genuine to the 1964 recipe’s creator. Garnish with a lime wheel.
CAZADORES PALOMA
1 ozFresh Lime Juice
4 ozGrapefruit Soda
1 Pinch Salt
METHOD: Add all elements right into a salted highball glass full of ice. Stir with a spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.
SKINNY PALOMA
1 half Dulce Vida Grapefruit Tequila
3 Elements Topo Chico or Membership Soda
Splash Fresca or Zero Lemon Lime Soda
Squeeze of contemporary lime
Lime garnish
METHOD: Add all elements right into a salted highball glass full of ice. Stir with a spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.
MONTE & MEZCAL
2 oz Amaro Montenegro
2 ozmezcal
METHOD: Fill a glass with ice, preferable 1 giant dice. Pour the Amaro Montenegro and mezcal within the glass and stir to combine. Garnish with an orange twist.
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