Tequila Recipes

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  • Hard Rocker Cider

    Ingredients:
    1 cup Cabo Wabo Reposado Tequila
    4 cups apple cider
    1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
    ¼ cup orange-flavored liqueur
    1 tsp nutmeg
    Cinnamon sticks, garnish

    Directions:
    In a pot or crockpot, heat and stir cider, cranberry juice cocktail, and nutmeg on low just until hot for 2 hours. Do not boil. When ready to serve, turn on high for 10 minutes and stir in tequila and liqueur. Garnish with a cinnamon stick. Makes 6 … Read more

  • Toasted Macaroon

    Ingredients:
    1 oz Coconut Milk
    1-1/2 oz Coconut Rum
    1/4 Licor 43
    1/2 oz Partida Blanco Tequila
    1/2 oz Frangelico

    Directions:
    Combine all ingredients in a shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a glass filled with ice and garnish with toasted coconut shavings on top.

    Courtesy of Partida Tequila.… Read more

  • Smoked Peach Ice Tea

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ oz Herradura Reposado   
    ½ oz Lemon Juice
    1 ½ oz Peach Juice                     
    1 ½ oz Earl Grey  tea
    ¼ oz Simple Syrup                 
    ¼ oz Mezcal
    1 Lemon Twist                
    1 Peach Slice

    Directions:                
    Fill a high ball with good quality cubed ice. Add all ingredients and stir thoroughly with a bar spoon. Garnish with a long lemon twist and/or a peach slice.

    Courtesy of Herradura Reposado.… Read more

  • Holiday Pearadise

    Ingredients:
    1 ½ parts Tequila Avión Reposado Tequila
    1 part pear juice
    ½ part honey / orange marmalade syrup
    ½ part Lemon juice
    Sliced plum (reserve one slice for garnish)

    Directions:
    In a shaker, muddle ¾ of the plum with honey syrup in a shaker then add all ingredients. Shake and strain, then warm over a low heat.  Garnish with a plum slice to finish.

    Courtesy of Tequila Avión.… Read more

  • Harvest Moon

    Ingredients:
    1 ½  parts Tequila Avión Anejo
    1 part Apple-flavored liquor (can use apple from concentrate as a sub)
    ¼  part pear juice
    Splash of egg white
    Dash of fresh lemon
    Pinch of ground cinnamon

    Directions:
    In a shaker add all ingredients over ice then shake and strain.  Harvest Moon can be served either straight up or on the rocks and garnish with a thinly sliced pear.

    Courtesy of Tequila Avión Anejo.… Read more

  • Sugar Cookie

    Ingredients:
    2 1/2 oz Partida Resposado Tequila
    1 Tsp. Brown Sugar
    Brown sugar for garnish

    Directions:
    Rim cordial glass with brown sugar. Add tequila and brown sugar into a shaker with ice and shake ingredients well. Strain into glass.

    Courtesy of Partida Tequila.… Read more

  • Seven Layer Cookie

    Ingredients:
    3/4 oz Godiva Liqueur
    3/4 oz Coconut rum
    1/2 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
    1/2 oz Partida Anejo Tequila
    1/4 oz Frangelico
    1/2 Bailey’s Irish Cream
    1/2 oz Amaretto

    Directions:
    Garnish rim of a martini glass with crushed cookies crumbs. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into martini glass.

    Courtesy of Partida Tequila.

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  • Marga-Regis!

    Let us raise a glass to Regis Philbin, as he signs off from over 28 years on-air.  First with Kathy Lee and now with Kelly, Reeg has been there  Always with a smile and a great sense of humor.  If you’re in New York to toast Regis on his final day, stop by The Atlantic Grill to sip on this sparkling kiwi cocktail, from Sauza.  For the rest of us, this is a quick easy … Read more