Proper Shaking: When shaking your cocktail, do it with confidence and energy. This technique helps to incorporate air into the mixture and create a velvety foam. To dry shake, shake the ingredients without ice first, then add ice and shake again. The flavor and brightness of freshly squeezed citrus juice can significantly elevate your cocktail compared to using bottled juices that usually have added citric acid.ĭry Shake for Frothiness: To create a rich and frothy texture, 'dry shake' prior to shaking the cocktail with ice. A higher quality tequila will bring more nuanced flavors to your cocktail.įresh Citrus is Key: Always use freshly squeezed citrus juice when making cocktails. I recommend a blanco (unaged) tequila but you can also use a reposado (lightly aged). Expert Tips for this Cocktail RecipeĬhoose Quality Tequila: Opt for a good quality tequila. Freshly grate the cinnamon stick over the top of the foam and serve immediately. Double-strain the cocktail into the prepared glass. Now open the cocktail shaker and add ice. This gets the egg white incorporated into everything and ensures you get a nice foam at the end. Measure out all of the liquids into the shaker (no ice yet) and dry-shake for 8-10 seconds. Gather all of your ingredients together to ensure you have everything you need before shaking including your serving glass prepared with ice. I love a good margarita, but I also love the creativity and uniqueness of this campari drink.Ĭlick on the image above to PIN for later! How to Make a Tequila Sour I also love that this cocktail proves you can do more with tequila than just a margarita. Add in the tart and herbaceous Campari and this cocktail will hit all the senses. Why I Love This CocktailĪs I mention, the combination of dank tequila, fresh grapefruit and lime juice, creamy egg white, and fresh cinnamon is a match made in heaven. It adds a creaminess and smoothness to the drink, not to mention the beautiful foam that you get as a result of shaking up that egg white. Think Sophisticated Margarita! If you have followed me for a while, you have probably noticed I love egg white in my cocktails. There were only a few ingredients in the description so I took what I could from it and came up with an amazing tequila cocktail that will impress everyone! This Tequila Sour Cocktail is my favorite cocktail right now! It is inspired by a photo I saw of a cocktail from a bar in SF called Trick Dog. Here’s what you need to do a Paloma justice, beyond what you might be able to dig out of the fridge or cupboard.This Tequila Sour Cocktail is NOT a Margarita Then, tequila drinks with Mexican heritage speak to you, there's always the Margarita. And a Sea Breeze mixes grapefruit juice, cranberry juice, and vodka. The Salty Dog is a Greyhound cocktail with a salted rim.

If it's a fruit whose flavor you enjoy, the Greyhound is a very simple grapefruit juice and vodka cocktail. That's probably not the right guess, though. If we had to hazard a guess and get a little poetic in doing so, we'd say it's because La Paloma is as weightless as the wings of a dove, alighting on a boiling hot day to bring about a little reprieve. It's certainly not the color of the dove, nor does it coo like one. Nor is it known why it's called La Paloma, or 'the dove' in English. Squirt was exported to Mexico in the mid-20th century while around that time, grapefruit Jarritos-or Jarritos Toranja-was invented, so it only took a bottle of one of those plus some tequila to make the very first, very basic Paloma. We do know that grapefruit soda was a necessity. La Paloma has no proven origin story, but it definitely (probably) came from Mexico sometime in the mid- to late-1900s and eventually made it across the border to the U.S.

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