This cocktail is what happens when an Aperol Spritz and a Spicy Maragarita have a baby. Let me tell you, it’s a delightfully delicious orange baby.
Spicy Aperol Margarita
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Loading...This recipe replaces Cointreau or Tripe Sec with Aperol and uses seltzer water for a little refreshing effervescence.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz of good Silver Tequila
- 1.5 oz of Aperol
- 1.5 oz of freshly squeezed Lime Juice
- 1 tablespoon Agave Nectar
- 2 dashes of Orange Bitters
- 4 thin slices of a Serrano Pepper
- Ice
- 3/4 cup of Seltzer Water or Club Soda
Instructions
1
Measure out liquors and Agave and pour into your glass.
2
Using a mortar and pestle, or anything you can smash with, take the 4 slices of Serrano Pepper and mash them.
3
Pour a tiny bit of the liquor mixture in the mortar (bowl) and keep mashing.
4
Once it is all significantly mashed, pour the whole mixture back into your cocktail glass, add Orange Bitters and gently stir.
5
Add a generous amount of Ice.
6
Top with Seltzer Water until glass is almost full.
7
Gently stir once more and enjoy!