When most people think of drinking a tequila-based beverage, a Margarita usually comes to mind. Well, that and blacking out. Tequila Sunrises are also fairly common, but there are dozens of other cocktail options that take advantage of this distinct Mexican liquor.
Mix it up this weekend and give one of these lesser known tequila delights a try:
VERACRUZANA
Ingredients:
2 parts tequila
34 parts agave nectar
1 part lime juice
4 chunks of pineapple
2 basil leaves
Mix pineapple and basil leaves in a glass. Add the rest of the ingredients and shake vigorously with ice until blended. Strain into an ice-filled glass. Garnish with more pineapple and basil.
SANGRE MARIA
Ingredients:
2 oz. silver tequila
12 oz. pickle juice
2 oz. tomato juice
12 oz. orange juice
12 oz. lemon juice
12 oz. lime juice
Spoonful of horseradish
12 oz. Cholula sauce
4 dashes of Tabasco
12 oz. Worcestershire sauce
12 oz. red wine
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Stir and then strain into an ice-filled glass. Garnish with a pickle and lemon wedge.
MICHELADA PRIMAVERDE
Ingredients:
2 oz. Casa Dragones Blanco Tequila
.75 oz. dry vermouth
.75 oz. lime juice
.75 oz. tomatillo juice
.5 oz. agave syrup
1 quarter of a seeded jalapeno
Mix together the jalapeno and agave syrup. Add in the other ingredients. Strain 2 oz. of the mixture into a salt-rimmed, ice-filled glass. Top with 4 oz. Victoria Beer. Garnish with a slice of jalapeno.
TEQUILA-THYME LEMONADE
Ingredients:
3 thyme sprigs
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
2 lemon wedges
3 oz. silver tequila
1 oz. cold water
Ice
Muddle thyme with the sugar and lemon wedges in a glass. Add silver tequila, cold water, and ice. Stir.
THE PALOMA
Ingredients:
14 cup tequila
14 cup club soda
14 cup fresh grapefruit juice
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 tsp sugar
Small plate with sugar
Grapefruit wedge
Sprinkle sugar on the plate. Halve the grapefruit and then rub the outer edge of a cocktail glass on the grapefruit to wet it. Rub the rim of the glass in sugar. Combine the grapefruit juice, lime juice, and sugar in the glass. Mix until the sugar dissolves. Add the tequila, club soda, and ice. Garnish with grapefruit.
BLACK DIAMOND
Ingredients:
2 oz. silver tequila
12 oz. agave nectar
12 oz. lime juice
Black salt
Rim your glass with the salt. Shake all other ingredients and strain. Pour into an ice-filled glass.
