Tommy’s Margarita

Welcome back, or if it’s your first time here, take a seat, and I’ll fix you a drink.

Today, we are going to look at Tommy’s Margarita, not just ’a Margarita’ but Tommy’s.

Tommy’s Margarita, created by?Julio Bermejo in his family’s San Francisco restaurant Tommy’s Mexican. This drink is set aside from what you might expect by only having three specific ingredients. No Cointreau, Grand Mariner, or triple sec here, no orange at all.

1. Blanco Tequila - that is 100% agave.
2. Agave Nectar. Not agave syrup or any other sweetener.
3. Fresh Lime Juice.

These three simple ingredients make for a simple tequila-forward Margarita.

Let’s start with some ingredients:

• 2 oz Blanco Tequila
• 1 oz Lime juice, freshly squeezed
• 1/2 oz agave nectar*
• Salt for the rim

* Note - AGAVE nectar is not agave syrup

What Glass should I use,…

• Margarita glass
• Rocks glass
• Pitcher!

What hardware do I need?

• Juicer
• Shaker
• Strainer

Directions - Let’s do this; let’s make a drink!

Make your lime juice. You can absolutely use bottled in a pinch, but freshly squeezed lime juice is always best.

Decide on your garnish; you can serve this drink with a lime wedge on the side or one edge of the glass or a lime wheel floating on the top. The garnish here is only decoration; people don’t need to use the wedge to add more lime to the drink. Prepare the garnish of your choice and place it to one side.

Since there are only three ingredients, the quality of tequila in a Tommy’s Margarita is important. Make sure to source a tequila that is labeled 100% agave, meaning it is only made from sugars of the agave plant rather than additives or other ‘things.’

Rim your glass all the way or halfway with salt, or don’t - personal preference.

In your shaker, add ice.

Next, add the lime juice, the tequila, and finally, the agave nectar.

Close

Shake, Shake for a good 30s place to one side,

Take the glass you either rimmed with salt or didn’t. Fill about 1/2 to 2/3 with crushed ice. Alternatively - if you are using rocks glass, you could use one big ice cube.

Strain the shaker into the glass you are serving and add your garnish.

Enjoy

Bonus content: Pitcher version

Juice lots of limes - 10-20: This should give you c. 2 cups of lime juice

In the pitcher, pour twice as much tequila as you have lime juice.

Next, add half as much agave nectar as you have lime juice.

Add some ice, one or two big scoops.

Mix with a long spoon. - a bar spoon or wooden kitchen spoon.

Add more ice to top the pitcher.

Enjoy

Tips

No tips today. But a fun fact:

But did you know that the agave flowers aren’t pollinated by bees or even by insects? Instead bats fly around the desert doing the pollination. Who knew?