Leña

Leña

  • Robust
  • Slightly tart
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Ingredients

  • 1 oz Patrón Silver blanco tequila
  • 1⁄2 oz Del Maguey Vida Clásico Mezcal
  • 1⁄2 oz Luxardo Bitter Bianco liqueur
  • 1⁄4 oz Chilli liqueur
  • 1 oz Pineapple juice chilled
  • 3⁄4 oz Lime juice
  • 1⁄3 oz Agave syrup

Method

Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Old Fashioned 34cl

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. RIM glass with Tajín seasoning (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and drip into Tajín).
  3. Prepare garnish of thin pineapple slice wheel.

Method:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with pineapple slice.

Nutrition:

One serving of Leña contains 217 calories

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Ricardo Rodriguez, bar manager of La Otra in Lita restaurant, Aberdeen Township, New Jersey. Incidentally, Leña means firewood in Spanish.

Review:

The lovechild of a Picante de la Casa and a Jungle Bird.