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Little Bull

Toritos

This rich, luxurious drink was served at a seaside setting in Veracruz. A small bowl of spicy nuts and pumpkin seeds came to the table with the drinks. The drink can be made with a variety of tropical fruits, but I liked pineapple or mango the best. Peeled and ready-to-use containers of fresh pineapple and sometimes mango are available in many supermarket produce markets. They are a great convenience when making this drink.

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Ingredients

Instructions

Put all of the ingredients in a blender, except the ice, and blend until smooth.
Half fill 4 (4-ounce) cocktail glasses with ice cubes.
Pour the drink equally over the ice and serve at once.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails

Cuisine; Mexican

Mango Daiquiri

Daiquiri de Mango

Large, sweet mangos are now available almost everywhere. Their distinctive flavor mixed with rum makes a unique slushy frozen Daiquiri that's popular in Baja, along the coast of the Sea of Cortéz.

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Ingredients

Instructions

Determine the slightly flat sides of the mango, and hold one of the flatter sides of the mango in the palm of your hand.
Cut the top half of the mango away from the pit, cutting as close to the pit as possible.
Make crosswise cuts in the fruit side, but do not cut through the skin.
Bend the fruit backwards and cut off the scored pieces of fruit.
Repeat with the remaining half of the mango.
Put the mango and the rest of the ingredients, except the sliced lime,in a blender.
Blend until smooth and slushy.
Pour equally into 2 (4-ounce) stemmed cocktail glasses.
Garnish each glass with a half slice of lime, and serve at once.

Notes & Wine Advice

To crack ice cubes, put them in a heavy plastic bag, remove air from the bag, seal it, then put the bag on a cutting board. With a hammer or heavy rolling pin, gently break cubes into chips.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails

Cuisine; Mexican

Daiquiri

When I first traveled to Mexico 30 years ago, a Daiquiri was my favorite cocktail. Now that cocktails are popular again, so is the Daiquiri. Mexico produces some fine-quality rums, such as Bacardi which is distilled in Puebla, about 100 miles south of Mexico City. Other Mexican rums may not be widely available in United States liquor stores, so you can use the rum of your choice. I often buy a bottle in the Mexico City or Guadalajara airport before departing Mexico.

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Equipment

blender

Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

Instructions

In a blender or cocktail shaker, thoroughly mix all of the ingredients, except the lime slices.
Pour it through a fine-mesh strainer, then equally fill 2 (4-ounce) stemmed cocktail glasses and garnish each with a slice of lime.

Notes & Wine Advice

To crack ice cubes, put them in a heavy plastic bag, remove air from the bag, seal it, then put the bag on a cutting board. With a hammer or heavy rolling pin, gently break cubes into chips.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails

Cuisine; Mexican

Mango, Pineapple, and Mezcal Drink

Bebida de Mango, Piña, y Mezcal

Mezcal is one of the alcoholic beverages made from the agave plant commonly called maguey in Mexico. It has an earthy, smoky taste somewhat like tequila. Mezcal is mainly produced in small quantities in the state of Oaxaca by traditional methods in rustic stills. It is now being exported in limited amounts and interest in the product is growing. Some people know it from the worm (gusano) in the bottle, which is probably a sales gimmick, and may not add anything to the mezcal, although gusanos are considered a delicacy in the Oaxaca region. (Gusanos live in the maguey plants and have been gathered and eaten by native people for centuries.)Tourists love to buy mezcal as a souvenir, and often develop a taste for this unique Mexican beverage. Sip it straight, or try this recipe of blended fruit and mezcal.

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Ingredients

Instructions

To peel and cut up the mango, cut ½ of the mango away from the flat oval seed with a sharp paring knife.
Then lay the cut half on a flat surface, skin side down, and make cross-cuts on the fruit, separating the flesh into cubes.
(Do not cut through the peel.
) Press the fruit inside out and cut the chunks off the peel.
Discard the peel and put the fruit in the blender.
Add the pineapple, orange juice, and mezcal and purée until very smooth.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve over ice in 6-ounce glasses.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails

Cuisine; Mexican

Brave Bull

Toro Bravo

A Brave Bull is a fashionable Mexican after-dinner drink on both sides of the border. Mexico produces the world's best coffee liqueur with flavors of chocolate and vanilla.

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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

▢ Cracked ice
▢ 2 ounces tequila
▢ 2 ounces coffee-flavored liqueur such as Kahlua

Instructions

Fill 2 glasses almost to the brim with cracked ice.
Pour the tequila and liqueur over the ice.
Stir well and serve.

Notes & Wine Advice

To crack ice cubes, put them in a heavy plastic bag, remove air from the bag, seal it, then put the bag on a cutting board. With a hammer or heavy rolling pin, gently break cubes into chips.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails

Cuisine; Mexican

Tequila Bloody Mary

Tequila Sangre de Maria

Some people, like me, like this version better than the classic one made with vodka. Quesadillas or crisp chips and guacamole go well with this drink.

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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

▢ 2 cups spicy tomato juice such as Snappy Tom, or plain tomato juice
▢ 3 teaspoons fresh lime juice or to taste
▢ ⅛ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
▢ 4 ounces silver or gold tequila
▢ Cracked ice

Instructions

In a pitcher, mix all the ingredients together, except the ice.
Pour over cracked ice into 2 double old-fashioned glasses.

Notes & Wine Advice

To crack ice cubes, put them in a heavy plastic bag, remove air from the bag, seal it, then put the bag on a cutting board. With a hammer or heavy rolling pin, gently break cubes into chips.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails

Cuisine; Mexican

Banana Tequila Smoothie

Plátano Tequila Suave

This appealing drink is made with tequila, but it's also equally refreshing without. Serve it for a late breakfast or brunch.

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Ingredients

Makes 4 servings

▢ 2 medium bananas peeled and thickly sliced
▢ 2 cups fresh orange juice
▢ 2 tablespoons sugar
▢ 4 ounces silver or gold tequila
▢ 1 cup cracked ice see Note

Instructions

Put all of the ingredients except for the ice in a blender jar and purée until smooth.
Do this in two equal batches, if needed.
Serve over crushed ice in stemmed glasses.

Notes & Wine Advice

To crack ice cubes, put them in a heavy plastic bag, remove air from the bag, seal it, then put the bag on a cutting board. With a hammer or heavy rolling pin, gently break cubes into chips.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails / Fruit / Smoothies

Cuisine; Mexican

Crazy Coconut Drink

Coco Loco

In Mexican beach towns like Acapulco, where coconut palms grow and coconuts are green and abundant, this drink is often made on the spot. The coconut is cracked open at the top with an ax or machete, tequila or rum is mixed with the fresh coconut milk inside, and it's served with a straw. Unless you have green coconuts easily accessible, you can use canned coconut milk. Aged tequilas, like reposado or añejo, are more expensive and not needed in mixed libations, so silver tequila is called for here.

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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

▢ Ice cubes
▢ 8 ounces canned coconut milk
▢ 2 ounces silver tequila or white rum

Instructions

Fill 2 (8-ounce) glasses with ice cubes.
Pour 4 ounces of coconut milk in each glass and add the tequila or rum.
Stir.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve cold.

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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails

Cuisine; Mexican

Drunken Pineapple Drink

Piña Borracha

Bring a little of the ambiance of Mexican seaside resort hotels to your home, by making this tempting drink for a party. Start this drink a full day before serving, and be sure your pineapple is very ripe and sweet. Serve the punch ice cold in sherry glasses like an aperitif or a liqueur.

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Ingredients

Makes 8 servings

▢ 1 whole fresh ripe pineapple about 2 pounds
▢ 2 cups silver or gold tequila
▢ 1 cup fresh orange juice

Instructions

Peel the pineapple and remove the eyes.
Cut lengthwise into quarters and cut into 1-inch pieces.
Then, with a large sharp knife, coarsely chop the pineapple.
Put the chopped pineapple, tequila, and orange juice in a large glass jar.
Cover and refrigerate 24 hours.
Pour through a fine-mesh strainer into a clean glass pitcher or other glass container, and serve very cold.