Luxe Beat Magazine JUNE 2015 | Page 77

Cocktails

Maria sin Sangre
Think of this drink as a Bloody Mary on the fly. Forget the canned tomato
juice; here, the freshness of summer’s favorite fruit is muddled directly
into the drink.
½ ounce lemon juice
pinch salt and pepper
To garnish: 1 cherry tomato
and 1 basil leaf

In the bottom of a shaker, muddle
the tomatoes and basil in the
simple syrup. Add the tequila,
sherry, lemon juice, salt, and
pepper and shake with ice until
chilled. Doublestrain through a
fine-mesh sieve into a coupe glass.

To create the garnish, pierce
a small hole in the top of the
tomato and insert the stem of
the basil leaf like a flag. Make a
slit in the bottom of the tomato
and perch the tomato on the
rim of the glass.

Pro Tip

To make this drink in larger yields, pulse
the tomatoes and basil in a food processor
5 or 6 times, then strain through a finemesh sieve or a piece of cheesecloth and
discard the solids.
EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK
THE CRAFT COCKTAIL PARTY
BY JULIE REINER WITH
KAITLYN GOALEN. © 2015
BY JULIE REINER. REPRINTED
BY PERMISSION OF GRAND
CENTRAL LIFE AND STYLE.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

CREDIT HERE

6 cherry tomatoes
6 basil leaves
½ ounce simple syrup
2 ounces blanco tequila
(I recommend El Tesoro)
½ ounce dry sherry (I recommend
Williams & Humbert medium-dry)

77