W Sauce Grilled Serrano Grapefruit Ginger Margarita
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Drinks
Ingredients
12 oz. choice of tequila or mezcal
- 6 oz. orange triple sec liqueur
- 3 large grapefruits, halved
- 1 serrano pepper
- 2 inch ginger root, halved
- 1 tbsp agave nectar
- 2 dashes W Sauce®
- Ice
- Margarita salt
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More grapefruit wedge and serrano slices
Directions
On a hot grill, or cast iron skillet, char halved grapefruits, fruit-side down, along with ginger and serrano.
Once charred, place ginger and serrano in a blender, and add agave, W Sauce®, and 1 cup of purified water. Blend, and strain into a small pitcher with a fine-mesh strainer or cheesecloth. Set aside.
- Juice grapefruit halves and strain into another small pitcher. Set aside.
- In a cocktail shaker, add ice, 1 oz ginger serrano W Sauce simple syrup, 1 oz grapefruit juice, ½ oz orange liqueur, 2 oz tequila or mezcal, and shake!
- Wet a glass rim with a grapefruit wedge, and in a shallow bowl, sprinkle with margarita salt. Dip the rim of the grapefruit-kissed glass in the salt. Fill the glass with large cocktail ice cubes. Pour the cocktail with a strainer over ice in the glass. Garnish and serve.