Blueberry Basil Margarita
Blueberries muddled hard until they give up their color, basil for the herbal top note, and no orange liqueur anywhere. It is a Tommy's built on fruit, which means the blanco still has somewhere to speak.
5 ingredients5 minutesRocksBasil leaf and three blueberries
Ingredients
2 oz blanco tequila
0.75 oz fresh lime juice
0.5 oz agave nectar (2:1 agave to water)
12 fresh blueberries
4 to 5 fresh basil leaves
Method
- Muddle the blueberries and basil hard in the bottom of a shaker until the fruit is fully broken down.
- Add the tequila, lime and agave, then fill with ice.
- Shake hard until well chilled.
- Double strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass; garnish with a basil leaf and three blueberries.
Panel note
Muddle the berries before anything else goes in the tin. The skins give up far more color with no liquid in the way. Frozen blueberries work, thawed first.