Drink Deconstructed
Make the perfect El Diablo
Make the El Diablo:
Glass: Highball
Ingredients:
- 40ml reposado tequila
- 20ml crème de cassis
- 15ml fresh lime juice
- Ginger beer
Garnish: Lime wedge
Method: Half-fill the glass with ice and add the tequila and crème de cassis. Stir gently with a bar spoon. Top up with ginger beer and add the lime wedge.
Degree of difficulty: Beginner
OR YOU COULD TRY:
Tommy’s Margarita
Glass: Tumbler
Ingredients:
- 50ml reposado tequila
- 25cl fresh lime juice
- 12.5cl agave syrup
Garnish: lime wedge
Method: Twisting a classic cocktail doesn’t have to make it harder. This takes its name from the San Francisco Mexican restaurant where it was created in the 1990s and substitutes the normal orange liqueur with agave syrup – available from Funkin or foodservice suppliers – to accentuate the flavour of the plant that tequila’s made from. Just shake the ingredients over ice and strain.
Degree of difficulty: Beginner
Tequila Sunrise
Glass: Highball
Ingredients:
- 50ml tequila
- Orange juice
- Dash of grenadine
Garnish: Orange slice and a maraschino cherry
Method: A refreshing crowd pleaser. Pour the tequila on to ice in the glass. Top up with orange juice, then pour the grenadine in slowly down the side of the glass to create the two-tone red-orange finish.
Degree of difficulty: Intermediate
