SUMMER COCKTAILS

José Luis León, Beverage Director Limantour (#32 World's 50 Best Bars), Xaman and Baltra Bar

MARGARITA AL PASTOR

José Luis León crafts a creative spin on the Margarita with authentic taco flavors blended with traditional ingredients, for a cocktail reminiscent of drinking tequila and eating tacos at the same time.

Recipe

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1 ½ oz. Casa Dragones Blanco
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⅔ oz. Cointreau
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½ oz. Lime Juice
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1 ½ oz. Taco Mix*
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1 Pineapple triangle
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Rim a rocks glass with salt. Shake all ingredients with ice. Double strain into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a pineapple triangle.


*For a homemade taco mix, add 1 ½ oz pineapple juice, ⅔ oz. water, 3 gr. fresh coriander, 3 gr. mint, 3 gr. basil, and ½ oz agave syrup with serrano chile.

YANA VOLFSON
MIXOLOGIST & TEQUILA EXPERT

MARGARITA ROYALE

Yana Volfson crafts a festive take on a classic Margarita by adding champagne to her perfectly balanced cocktail.

Recipe

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1 oz. Casa Dragones Blanco
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¾ oz. Giffard Triple Sec
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¾ oz. Lime Juice 
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2½ oz. Champagne
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Combine all ingredients except for champagne in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice, strain into a Nick & Nora glass and top with champagne.

Yana Volfon Margarita Royal with Casa Dragones Blanco recipe

BERENICE MORALES

Purple Flowers

Berenice Morales' butterfly-pea sour — Casa Dragones Blanco infused with butterfly-pea-flower tincture turns electric blue; a grapefruit-skin oleo saccharum, Limoncello, and lime shake it into a sunset-purple coupe. Egg white for the silky crown.

Recipe

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1½ oz. Casa Dragones Blanco
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1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz. Grapefruit Skin Oleo Saccharum
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½ oz. Limoncello
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1 Egg White
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FABIOLA PADILLA, BEKEB, SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, #24 50 Best in north america

Shamrock

Fabiola Padilla's cucumber-pineapple coupe — fresh cucumber and pineapple juices for clean green body, St-Germain threading elderflower lift, lemon and agave tightening. An edible clover, basil, or chamomile flower on top.


Recipe

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1 ½ oz. Casa Dragones Blanco
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¼ oz. St-Germain
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1 oz. Fresh Cucumber Juice
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1 oz. Fresh Pineapple Juice
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½ oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
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¼ oz. Agave Syrup
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Pour all the ingredients into a shaker with ice. Hard shake until the outside of the shaker frosts up.  Double strain your cocktail into a chilled coupe glass.
Garnish with one edible clover, or small green basil leaves and chamomile flowers.

Jim Meehan Stumblee Margarita with Casa Dragones Blanco recipe

JIM MEEHAN
JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION WINNER, AUTHOR, MIXOLOGIST

STUMBLEBEE

Jim Meehan adds a honey syrup base and a black peppercorn rim to create a sweet and spicy profile for his refreshingly simple cocktail.


Recipe

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2 oz. Casa Dragones Blanco
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¾ oz. Lemon Juice
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¾ oz. Honey Syrup
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Shake with ice and fine strain into a salt & black peppercorn rimmed rocks glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

YANA VOLFSON MIXOLOGIST & TEQUILA EXPERT

A More Mexican Margarita

Yana Volfson's Mandarin Margarita — mandarin-infused Triple Sec for the orange vector, orange-blossom water perfuming the top, mandarin-infused salt on the rim. Casa Dragones Blanco at 1.5 oz, lime at half.

Recipe

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1 ½ oz. Casa Dragones Blanco
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¾ oz. Mandarin Infused Triple Sec
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½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
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Orange Blossom Water
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Mandarin Infused Salt
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Mix all ingredients on a shaker and serve over ice

DRAGONI

A Fino-sherry Martini — 2.75 tbsp of Fino Sherry Tio Pepe layered with house vermouth and Maraschino liqueur, lemon tightening. Casa Dragones Blanco at 1 ½ oz. Stirred over ice, served up.

Recipe

1 ½ oz. Casa Dragones Blanco
1 oz. Housemade Vermouth
1 ⅓ oz. Fino Sherry Tio Pepe
½ oz. Maraschino Liqueur
1 tsp. Fresh Lemon Juice

Summer Clericot

A Mexican Clericot — Fino sherry split 1:1 with Blanco, cucumber juice and aloe vera stretching it long, rosemary syrup threading pine, lime for bite. Served with lime wheels and peppermint leaves — garden in a glass.

Recipe