Sunday, May 5, 2013

Cinco de Mayo Cocktail: Margarita on Fire


Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate with a good margarita. Smoky mezcal and spicy habanero shrub give this otherwise traditional margarita a fiery kick.

Margarita on Fire

1 oz. reposado tequila
1/2. oz mezcal
3/4 oz. Cointreau
2 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. agave nectar
1 dropper of Bittermens Hellfire habanero shrub
Kosher salt
Lime wheel (garnish)

1. Wet the rim of a margarita glass and coat the rim with kosher salt. Fill the glass with crushed ice.

2. In a cocktail shake with ice, combine the tequila, mezcal, Cointreau, lime juice, agave nectar and habanero shrub. Shake until cold strain into prepared glass. Garnish rim with lime wheel.


2 comments:

  1. Cinco de Mayo. The night everyone goes out for Mexican. Also known as "amateur night" around our house.

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