Marigold Mezcal Margarita Recipes

MARIGOLD MEZCAL MARGARITA RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Once boiling, remove from heat, stir in flowers, cover and let steep at least 15 minutes but up to 2 hours.
• Pour about 1/4 cup of salt on a shallow dish. Crumble 2 marigold flowers into salt and then rub the salt and flowers together.
• Cut lime in half. Take one lime half and cut into thick slices. Rub one lime slice around the edge of a rocks glass. Dip the rim of the glass into the marigold salt and fill the glass with ice.
• Fill a shaker with ice. Squeeze the remaining 3 lime wedges into the shaker, add mezcal and syrup. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into prepared glass and garnish with crumbled marigold flower and a lime wedge.

SPICY MEZCAL MARGARITA

Steps:

• Mix 1 tablespoon sugar with salt on a shallow, rimmed plate. Use lime wedge to wet rims of two 6- to 8-ounce glasses. Dip rims into sugar mixture.
• Combine jalapeno and 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar in a cocktail shaker and muddle until sugar is dissolved and jalapeno is juiced. Add orange juice, mezcal, and lime juice to shaker, then fill with ice. Cover and shake until chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into glasses to serve.

MEZCAL MANGARITA

Steps:

• Tip the chopped mango into a blender and blitz with 50ml water (you may need to add a little more if it's a large mango).
• Pour the blitzed mango juice into a cocktail shaker with the mezcal, lime juice and agave syrup. Fill with ice and shake until the outside of the shaker feels ice cold. Strain the cocktail into a martini or coupette glass and garnish with a mango peel twist.

MEZCAL-TEQUILA MARGARITA

Steps:

• Prepare the salted half rim, if using: In a small shallow bowl or plate, sprinkle a thin layer of the sal de gusano. Run the lime wedge along half of the rim of a rocks glass, then dip the rim into the salt mixture.
• In a shaker, combine the tequila, mezcal, orange liqueur, lime juice and simple syrup. Add ice, cover, and shake vigorously until the drink is well chilled, about 15 seconds.
• Fill the glass with ice, then strain the margarita into the glass. Add the lime wedge; enjoy immediately.