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Even if you can’t find time to get away this spring break,<br />
you can still experience a little taste of Mexico right in<br />
your own backyard! Take a sip and let your senses take<br />
you to Mexico. Although sun, sand and cervezas are plentiful<br />
south of the United States border, a Mexican vacation would<br />
not be complete without a cooling tequila cocktail. Contrary<br />
to popular belief, tequila does not come from a cactus but from<br />
the heart of the blue agave. The confusion is understandable due<br />
Dulces sueños (sweeT dReaMs)<br />
2 oz (60 ml) blanco tequila<br />
¼ oz (7 ml) green chartreuse<br />
1 oz (30 ml) strong, minted green tea<br />
2 dashes orange or angostura bitters<br />
in cocktail mixing glass add tequila and chartreuse.<br />
Add chilled minted green tea and bitters. Stir<br />
ingredients with ice and strain into martini glass.<br />
sPRiNG BReak<br />
½ fresh white peach<br />
OR<br />
1 oz (30 ml) peach nectar<br />
2 oz (60 ml) reposado tequila<br />
¼ oz (7 ml) fresh lime juice<br />
½ oz (15 ml) agave syrup *<br />
1 oz (30 ml) port<br />
in cocktail mixing glass, muddle peach. Add tequila,<br />
fresh lime juice and agave syrup. Fill shaker with ice,<br />
shake and strain into Mason jar. Top with ice. Slowly<br />
float port onto drink.<br />
* available at gourmet food stores.<br />
to the similarities between the two plants. Both cactus and blue<br />
agave thrive in the same habitat – hot, dry, sunny and southern –<br />
and both have the spiny leaves characteristic of most succulents.<br />
So skip the clichéd Margarita this spring and experience tequila<br />
with delicious peach, cooling cucumber or refreshing green tea<br />
flavours. Cheers to Bar Star Trevor Kallies, Bar and Beverage<br />
Director for the Donnelly Group for sharing with us his very<br />
creative conncoctions!<br />
MisMaLOYa<br />
2 oz (60 ml) blanco tequila<br />
2 cucumber slices, thin<br />
2 rosemary sprigs<br />
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup (see recipe page 63)<br />
½ oz (15 ml) lime juice<br />
tonic, to top<br />
in cocktail mixing glass add tequila, 1 slice cucumber,<br />
1 rosemary sprig, simple syrup and fresh lime juice.<br />
Shake and strain into Collins glass. Fill with ice and<br />
top with tonic. Garnish with remaining rosemary<br />
sprig wrapped in remaining cucumber slice.<br />
TASTE 65
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