Recipes

Banana Tequila Smoothie

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

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

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

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.
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails
Cuisine; Mexican

Watermelon and Tequila Cooler

Watermelon and Tequila Cooler

Sandia y Tequila Fresca
This tall, cool, and refreshing drink with a kick of tequila is just the thing to end a hot day.
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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

Instructions

  • Cut the rind off the watermelon and remove the seeds.
  • Cut enough chunks to measure 2 cups and put in a blender.
  • Add the remaining ingredients and purée until smooth.
  • Pour over ice in 2 tall glasses.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve cold.
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails
Cuisine; Mexican

Tequila Sunrise

Tequila Sunrise

This is a lovely drink to serve with brunch. Make each drink separately in stemmed wine glasses to show off the “sunrise” colors, which layer beautifully. Sometimes the colors blend together, but the drink still looks pretty, and most people stir to mix the drink anyway. It’s said by some that if you pour the ingredients slowly over the back of a spoon into the glass, this lessens the impact of the liquid falling in the glass and keeps each layer distinct. I’ve tried this and the results are pretty good. My usual method is to pour slowly right on top of the ice cubes. The ice cubes seem to have the same effect as the back of the spoon.
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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

  • 4 teaspoons grenadine
  • 6 tablespoons silver or gold tequila
  • 4 teaspoons fresh lime juice
  • ½ cup strained fresh or frozen orange juice

Instructions

  • Fill 2 (8-ounce) wine glasses one-third full with ice cubes.
  • Without stirring, pour half of each ingredient, separately and slowly in the order they are listed, on top of the ice into each glass.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve at once
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails
Cuisine; Mexican

Tequila Sour

Tequila Sour

Shake up a few tequila sours for your next party, or mix the sours in a pitcher and stir briskly.
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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

Instructions

  • Put all of the ingredients, except the sliced orange and cherries, into a bar shaker or a 2-cup pitcher half filled with cracked ice.
  • Cover and shake about 20 seconds, or stir briskly with a long-handled spoon.
  • Serve over ice or strain into a sour glass or a wine glass.
  • Garnish each glass with an orange slice and a cherry.

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 and Grapefruit Cooler

Tequila and Grapefruit Cooler

Paloma
Paloma is a popular drink in Guadalajara and the surrounding area, known for the distilling of tequila from blue agave. My husband and I, and friends we traveled with, tasted our first Paloma at Herradura's tequila distillery in Amatitan, a village near the town of Tequila. This simple tequila and grapefruit drink is popular in Jalisco and along the Pacific Coast. We were very fortunate to be invited to the historical and highly esteemed distillery for a private tour, tequila tasting, and lunch. We enjoyed our comida outdoors in a beautiful courtyard, and sipped this refreshing drink.
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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

  • ½ fresh lime
  • Salt to rim the glass
  • Ice cubes
  • 2 ounces tequila 100% blue agave reposado preferred
  • 1 12-ounce can or bottle grapefruit soda
  • 2 fresh grapefruit wedges
  • 2 fresh sprigs of mint

Instructions

  • Moisten the top of a tall (about 10 or 12 ounce) glass with lime juice and dip in a saucer of salt to rim the glass.
  • Fill the glass half full of ice cubes.
  • Pour in the tequila and grapefruit soda.
  • Stir.
  • Place a grapefruit wedge on the glass rim and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve cold.
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails
Cuisine; Mexican

Tequila and Soda Cocktail

Tequila and Soda Cocktail

Claro
Tequila has become amazingly popular and many people have discovered how suave and varied the types of tequila can be. With this popularity, new mixed drinks pop up all the time. My husband came up with this way to enjoy tequila as a cocktail. It's colorless, so we named it claro (clear). Serve with finger snacks before a meal.
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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

Instructions

  • Fill an old-fashioned glass or a 6-ounce glass with ice cubes.
  • Pour in the tequila and fill the glass with soda water.
  • Give it a stir.
  • Garnish with the orange slice.
  • Serve.
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails
Cuisine; Mexican

Tequila Salud

Tequila Salud

If a straight shot of tequila is a bit much for your taste, try a Tequila Salud that my husband, Bill, conjured up for me. When I sip tequila, my preference is reposado (rested), but if you have a favorite, use it. We always use 100% blue agave. Tequila Salud is best icy cold right out of the freezer, with a squirt of fresh lime. Salud!
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Ingredients

Makes 1 (2-ounce) serving

  • 1 ounce 100% blue agave tequila reposado or añejo
  • ½ teaspoon fresh lime juice

Instructions

  • Pour the tequila into a thin (2-ounce) cordial glass, and put it in the freezer at least 1 hour.
  • Remove the glass of tequila from the freezer and immediately add the lime juice.

Notes & Wine Advice

Serve immediately while icy cold.
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Course; Alcohol / Cocktails
Cuisine; Mexican

Mexican Screwdriver

Mexican Screwdriver

In Mazatlán and other resort towns along the Pacific coast, a Mexican Screwdriver is sometimes called a Sinaloa Screwdriver, after the name for the coastal state of Sinaloa. This bar drink is served in a heavy 10-ounce glass goblet with lots of cracked ice. As with most Mexican cocktails, serve with a salted or spicy snack, such as Spicy Roasted Cocktail Peanuts or Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
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Ingredients

Makes 2 servings

  • 6 ounces tangerine juice fresh or made from frozen concentrate
  • 2 teaspoons orange-flavored liqueur such as Cointreau or Triple Sec
  • 3 ounces white or gold tequila
  • 2 strips of fresh lime peel
  • Cracked ice see Note

Instructions

  • Stir the tangerine juice, orange liqueur, and tequila together in the goblet.
  • Add cracked ice to fill the glasses.
  • Twist a lime peel over each glass and drop it in the glass.

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