Tag: tequila

The Brave

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The Brave

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Mezcal
  • 1 oz blanco tequila
  • 1/2 oz Averna
  • 1/4 oz Royal Combier
  • Mist of angostura & flamed orange peel for garnish

Instructions:

Build ingredients in a wine glass. Swirl to combine. Mist sides evenly with angostura bitters and garnish with a flamed orange peel.

Source: Mezcal by Emma Janzen

Oaxacanite

Posted on by thegreenhour in Cocktails
Oaxacanite

Ingredients: 

  • 1 oz Tequila (original calls for blanco but we used reposado here)
  • 1 oz Mezcal
  • 3/4 oz Honey syrup
  • 3/4 oz Lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp Angostura bitters
  • Grapefruit twist

Instructions: 

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a grapefruit twist.

Source: Regarding Cocktails 

Spicy Rhubarb Margarita

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Spicy Rhubarb Margarita

Ingredients: (Makes 2) 

  • 1/2 cup rhubarb “syrup”
  • 1/2 cup Gran Centenario Reposado Tequila
  • 1/4 cup Lime juice
  • 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (or to taste)
  • 1 tsp minced rosemary
  • 1 cup ice

Instructions: 

  • To make rhubarb syrup bring 1/2 cup water, 2 chopped stalks of rhubarb and a dollop of honey to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until rhubarb softens and releases juices. Pour into a blender and blend until smooth. Set aside in a bowl to cool. Note, this is not really a syrup but more like a mousse consistency.
  • Dip glasses in lime juice and salt. Set aside.
  • Combine all ingredients into a blender and blast on high until smooth.
  • Pour into prepared glasses and garnish with a rhubarb stalk or rosemary sprig (or both!)

Pineapple Mint Margarita

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Pineapple Mint Margarita

Ingredients: 

  • 2 oz Gran Centenario Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Cointreau
  • 3/4 oz Lime Juice
  • 2 oz Pineapple juice
  • 4 mint leaves
  • Mint sugar rim

Instructions: 

To make sugar rim, mince a handful mint and mix with sugar. Dip glasses into lime juice then mint sugar mixture. Set aside. Muddle mint in a shaker, fill with ice and add remaining ingredients. Shake well and pour into prepared glasses.

A Green Hour Original 

Tropical Margarita

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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

Jalapeño Margarita

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Jalepeño Margarita
Jalapeño Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Tequila
  • 1 oz Fresh lime juice
  • 1 0z Cointreau
  • 1-3 slices jalapeño
  • 1 spring of cilantro

Instructions: 

Muddle jalapeño and cilantro lightly in shaker. Add the rest of the ingredients and shake. Strain into a tumbler or margarita  glass and garnish with a jalapeño slice or cilantro sprig.

A Green Hour original