National Tequila Day 2020: Easy recipes for tequila cocktails to make at home

24 July 2020, 15:17 | Updated: 24 July 2020, 15:39

By Emma Gritt

@emmagritt

July 24 is National Tequila Day! Why not celebrate with one of these easy cocktails, or try a different bottle of the iconic Mexican spirit?

The Perfect Paloma

Ingredients:

50ml Don Julio Reposado

75ml Two Keys Grapefruit mixer

Instructions:

Fill a glass with ice. Pour Don Julio Reposado over ice. Top up with Two Keys Grapefruit and garnish with a pink grapefruit wedge.

Cazcabel Piña Colada

Ingredients:

25ml Cazcabel Blanco Tequila
25ml Cazcabel Coconut Tequila
60ml Pineapple Juice 
10ml Lime Juice
3 dashes Aromatic Bitters
A pinch of salt

Instructions:

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a glass over ice.

Cazcabel Espresso Martini

Ingredients:

60ml Cazcabel Coffee

30ml Espresso

1 Orange 

Instructions:

Shake all ingredients. Fine strain into a coupe glass and garnish with a fresh orange twist. 

Maestro Dobel Diamante Raspberry Lime

Ingredients:

8 raspberries

1 teaspoon of honey

Juice of 1/2 lime

2 fresh mint leaves

50ml Maestro Dobel Diamante

Sparkling water

Instructions:

Muddle raspberries, honey, and lime juice then strain to remove all liquid. Muddle mint leaves to release mint fragrance. Pour the mixture over ice and top with Diamante and sparkling water.

Maestro Dobel Diamante Black Diamond

Ingredients:

2 parts Maestro DOBEL Diamante

1⁄2 part agave syrup

1⁄2 part fresh lime

Instructions:

Rim old-fashioned glass with black salt. Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker, add ice and shake. Strain over fresh ice in salted glass. For a twist on this classic, add 1⁄4 fresh pomegranate OR 20ml pomegranate juice OR 15ml pomegranate liqueur, and garnish with pomegranate seeds.

Grand Margarita

Ingredients:

30 ml Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge

30 ml tequila

20 ml freshly lime juice

Ice cubes

Lime garnish

Instructions:

Fill a wide, shallow dish with 2-3 mm of fine salt. Cut a lime in half at the width and rub around half of the rim of a margarita glass. Holding glass upside down, dip the wet half delicately into the salt.

Shake Grand Marnier, tequila and lime juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into glass and apply a slice of lime to garnish.

Lemon Margarita

Recipe:

35ml Don Julio Reposado

Two Keys Lemon mixer

Juice of half a lemon

Instructions:

Salt the rim of glass if desired. Pour Don Julio Reposado over ice. Squeeze the juice of half a fresh lemon into the glass. Top up with Two Keys lemon mixer and stir. Garnish with a wedge of fresh lemon.

Bloody Margarita

Ingredients:

50ml Cazcabel Blanco 

25ml Lime Juice 

15ml Agave Syrup 

50ml Red wine float 

Instructions:

Shake the Cazcabel Reposado Tequila, lime and agave syrup. Strain into rocks glass with fresh Ice, Spoon over the red wine to create a float - serve 

Quesadilla

Ingredients:

Olive oil for frying

1 red onion, finely chopped

1 pot of Holy Moly Guacamole

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 red pepper, chopped

1 yellow pepper, chopped

3 large plum tomatoes, chopped

4 green jalapeños, chopped

1 1/2 teaspoons fajita seasoning

4 to 5 wraps

200g grated dairy-free/normal cheese

Insrtructions:

Heat up some olive oil in a large wok. Shallow fry the onion and garlic on a low heat until golden, then add in the red and yellow peppers. Cook for a few minutes until softened, then add in tomato, jalapeños and seasoning.

Cook for 5 to 10 minutes until soft. Keep stirring to prevent sticking!

Line baking trays with baking paper and lay down the tortilla wraps. Divide the filling onto half of each wrap and follow with grated cheese and Holy Moly Guacamole.

Fold over the tortilla wrap and bake in a preheated 200C/Gas 6 oven for around 5 minutes or until lightly brown and the cheese has melted.

Cut the quesadillas in half, and serve whilst warm with a drizzle of soured cream, salsa, Holy Moly Guacamole, lime juice and fresh coriander. Enjoy!