Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner. Here are a few cocktails which you can whip up. Stick with me because I will be posting MORE cocktails for Cinco de Mayo as well as Mother’s Day!
Casamigos Strawberry Smash
Ingredients:
2 Parts Casamigos Blanco
1 Part Fresh lime juice
.5 Parts Simple syrup
2 Full strawberries
4-5 Basil leaves
2 Dashes Peychauds bitters
Method:
Add lime juice, simple syrup, strawberries, basil leaves, and bitters into tin shaker and muddle fruit.
Add Casamigos and ice, shake vigorously for 8-10 seconds.
Fine strain into rocks glass with fresh ice.
Garnish with large basil leaf / strawberry slice.
Casamigos Lavender Spritzer
Ingredients:
2 Parts Casamigos Blanco
1.5 Parts Lavender syrup (see recipe below)
.5 Part Fresh lemon juice
.5 Part Grapefruit juice
2 Dashes lavender bitters
Top off with grapefruit soda water
Method:
Add all ingredients into shaker and shake vigorously for 8-10 seconds.
Strain into Collins glass with fresh ice.
Garnish with lavender sprig and lemon peel
To create lavender syrup:
Dissolve 2 cups water and 2 cups sugar in a medium pot.
Add dried lavender sprigs. Let simmer for 10 min.
Cool and preserve lavender syrup.
Casamigos Mexican Mimosa
Ingredients:
1 Part Casamigos Blanco
1 Part fresh blood orange juice OR blood orange puree
2 dashes firewater bitters
Prosecco
Method:
Add all ingredients to tin shaker with only 2 ice cubes.
Shake vigorously for 6 seconds.
Add salt mixture if needed to glass by taking an orange wedge and wetting the edge of rim.
Pour from tin shaker into champagne flute.
Top off with Prosecco.
Garnish with large orange peel expressed over cocktail and laid flat on top of flute / orange skin facing outward
Optional: Half rim of salt / sugar / chili mixture
Enjoy these fabulous cocktails. Don’t forget to snatch a bottle or two of Casamigos Tequila!!
Please drink responsibly!
Stevie Wilson
LA-Story.com
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