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Bella: blanco tequila with Cointreau
Bella pairs blanco tequila with Cointreau and gives lime juice and simple syrup equal measured volumes. That relationship is a useful feature to notice when choosing among the Discovery Collection recipes; it describes the recipe, not a promised balance of flavors.
The simple syrup is a separate choice from the orange liqueur. Keep a record of its concentration and the tequila bottle you use, rather than treating every version of those ingredients as the same starting point.
To explore a different blanco tequila, keep the other ingredients and the card’s preparation unchanged. Record your own observations before making another change so you can connect any preference to a specific version.
¡Salud!
The Bella Margarita
Ingredients
- 68 mL Blanco Tequila
- 34 mL Cointreau
- 17 mL Lime Juice
- 17 mL Simple Syrup
- 45 mL Water chilled, plain, still
Instructions
Chill the ingredients and equipment.
Refrigerate the recipe ingredients. Prechill a clean, dry cocktail shaker and serving glass in the refrigerator.Measure and add the water.
Measure chilled, plain, still 45 mL Water and pour it into the chilled shaker.Measure and add the sweetener.
Measure 17 mL Simple Syrup and add it to the shaker. Transfer the full measured portion.Measure and add the lime juice.
Measure prechilled, strained fresh 17 mL Lime Juice and pour it into the shaker.Measure and add the orange liqueur.
Measure 34 mL Cointreau and pour it into the shaker.Measure and add the tequila.
Measure 68 mL Blanco Tequila and pour it into the shaker.Prepare the serving ice.
Immediately before shaking, place 100 g of fresh, solid ice cubes in the chilled serving glass.Dry-shake for 15 seconds.
Secure the shaker and dry-shake (without ice) the liquid ingredients vigorously for exactly 15 seconds. Use the same back-and-forth shaking motion for every recipe.Pour over the serving ice.
Open the shaker and immediately pour the cocktail directly over the fresh ice in the prepared glass.Stir gently.
Insert a bar spoon alongside the ice, with the spoon bowl near the bottom of the glass. Move it smoothly around the inside wall for five complete rotations over five seconds, gently circulating the cocktail and ice together.Serve and taste.
Serve immediately. For comparative tastings, take the first taste 30 seconds after completing the stir and record your initial impressions at that point.
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