Tropical Margarita

Tropical Margarita

Ingredients: 

  • 1/2 passionfruit
  • 3 kumquats, sliced
  • 1 oz kumquat cordial*
  • 2 oz reposado tequila
  • 3/4 oz Cointreau
  • 3/4 oz Lemon juice
  • Dash rosewater

Instructions: 

Muddle kumquats, passionfruit, and kumquat cordial in a glass. Add remaining ingredients and stir well. Pour over crushed ice filled glass. Garnish with a kumquat.


Source: Adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi

*  We used the kumquat cordial recipe from Death & Co’s book which incorporates lemon and lime

Damn the Weather

Damn the Weather
Damn the Weather

 


Ingredients: 

  • 1 oz Gin
  • 1/2 oz Fresh orange juice
  • 1/4 oz Italian vermouth
  • Several dashes curaçao*

Instructions: 

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

If you want to achieve this vibrant green color, use blue curaçao! 


Source: Let’s Bring Back:  The Cocktail Edition by Lesley M.M. Blume 

Oaxaca Old Fashioned

Oaxaca Old Fashioned
Oaxaca Old Fashioned

A Death & Co staple since 2007- for damn good reason.


Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Reposado tequila
  • 1/2 oz Mezcal
  • 1 tsp Agave nectar
  • 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • Flamed orange peel for garnish

Instructions:

Stir all ingredients over ice.  Strain into a double rocks glass over 1 large ice cube. Garnish with a flamed orange peel.


Source: Death & Co. 

Sweet Patootie

 

Sweet Patootie
Sweet Patootie

This drink hails from the 1920s and is a wonderful display of Cointreau’s delicate orange flavor profile. “Sweet Patootie” was 1920s slang for “sweetheart” or “pretty girl.”


Ingredients: 

  • 1 oz Gin
  • 1/2 oz Cointreau
  • 1/2 oz Fresh Orange Juice

Instructions:

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.


Source: Let’s Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition by Lesley M.M. Blume