The Cowboy
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Hacienda de Tepa tequila
- 1/2 piece piece of prickly pear
- 1 pinch mint leaves
- 3/4 oz lime juice
- 1/2 oz grenadine syrup
- soda water
- garnish: star fruit slice
Instructions
- 1 In a shaker, muddle the diced prickly pear with the mint leaves. (Muddling means gently pressing the ingredients with a bar spoon or muddler to release their flavors.)If you don't have a bar spoon or muddler, you can use the back of a spoon to muddle the ingredients.
- 2 Add the tequila, lime juice, and grenadine syrup to the shaker.You can adjust the amount of grenadine syrup to your taste preference.or a more intense prickly pear flavor, you can use prickly pear puree instead of diced prickly pear. To make the puree, simply blend the prickly pear flesh until smooth.
- 3 Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
- 4
Strain the cocktail into a tall glass filled with fresh ice.- 5
Top with soda water and garnish with a star fruit slice. - 4