Entertaining for Cinco de Mayo? Shock your company with sudden 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 wonderful cognac and bitter orange liqueur. Infuse your personal tequila with Patron Silver and recent jalapeño to boost a particular blood orange or beet juice margarita.
Experiment with smoky mezcal, herbaceous Amaro Montenegro, or Sorel, a singular 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 Recent Lime Juice
.25 components Agave Nectar
Lime wheel to garnish
Salt optionally available
METHOD: Fill a large, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of wonderful salt. Lower a lime in half on the width and rub round half of the rim of a margarita glass. Lower a skinny, crosswise slice from one of many lime halves for garnish. Holding glass the other 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 recent beet)
3 ozLime Juice
Salt rim
Lime wedge and sliced jalapeño for garnish
METHOD: Mix all liquid components over ice in a shaker. Shake nicely and pressure right into a salt-rimmed double quaint glass.
*To infuse Patrón Silver with jalapeño, place two complete jalapeños (reduce 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 recent 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 components in a shaker over ice. Shake nicely. Pressure into coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
LA BATANGA
1.5 oz El Tequileño Blanco
.25 ozLime Juice
High 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. High 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 components right into a salted highball glass stuffed with ice. Stir with a spoon. Garnish with a lime wedge.
SKINNY PALOMA
1 half Dulce Vida Grapefruit Tequila
3 Components Topo Chico or Membership Soda
Splash Fresca or Zero Lemon Lime Soda
Squeeze of recent lime
Lime garnish
METHOD: Add all components right into a salted highball glass stuffed with 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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