Must Try Cinco de Mayo Drinks

In support of our neighbor to the south, Cinco de Mayo has emerged as the day to celebrate Mexican culture and heritage in the United States. Very few people know what the day actually represents in Mexican history, but what they do know is how to celebrate it – with the best of Mexico’s cuisine, drinks and music!

Pineapple Serrano Margarita

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Herradura Silver
• 3 cubic inches of diced pineapple
• ¾ oz. lime juice
• ½ oz. simple syrup
• 3 slices of Serrano chili with seeds

Directions

• Crush pineapple and chili slices in the base of a shaker with a muddler
• Add cubed ice and the remaining ingredients
• Shake hard and strain over ice in an old fashioned glass
• Garnish with a chili and a star Anise pod

Herradura Vesuvio

 

 

Ingredients

•  2 oz. Herradura Silver
• ¾ oz. Red pepper juice
•  ½ oz. Lime Juice
• ¼ oz. Cholula hot sauce
• ¼ oz. Agave nectar

Directions

• Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker
• Rim a coupe glass with cayenne pepper and salt mix
• Shake hard and pour into the chilled coupe glass

Forty-Thirta

Ingredients

• 3/4 oz Licor 43
• 3/4 oz Tequila
• 1.5oz fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 simple syrup

Directions

• Shake and strain over ice and garnish with lime wheel.