Here are a few tequila cocktails to spice up your weekend BBQs.
Cayenne and Mango Margarita
Ingredients:
2 oz Herradura Reposado ½ oz Agave nectar nectar ½ oz Fresh squeezed lime juice
1 oz Mango Juice
Cayenne salt (mix cayenne to salt ratio of 1:4)
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Cayenne salt rim
Instructions:
1.) Gently wipe a lime wedge round the rim of a chilled coupe glass and lightly press into a plate of cayenne salt, take care to shake off any lumps of cayenne.
2.) Place add liquid ingredient into a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake vigorously.
3.) Strain into a chilled coupe glass taking care not to disturb the cayenne salt rim
Herradura Refresher
Ingredients:
2 oz Herradura Silver ½ oz Freshly squeezed lime juice ½ oz Simple syrup
1 inch Cucumber (diced)
6-8 mint leaves
Top soda
Glass: Hi-ball
Garnish: Cucumber disc and a mint sprig
Instructions:
1.) Place mint then cucumber into a cocktail shaker and gently crush with a muddler.
2.) Add the Herradura Silver, simple syrup and lime juice to the shaker.
3.) Fill shaker with Ice and shake vigorously to break down the mint and cucumber
4.) Strain through a fine strainer (to remove all the little bits of mint) into an Hi-ball glass filled with cubed Ice and top with soda.
5.) Garnish with a cucumber disc and a mint sprig.
Photo courtesy of Herradura
