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Infante

Name: Infante
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Blanco tequila; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Orgeat syrup; 10 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 6 drop Orange flower water; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Blanco tequila
3/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Monin Almond (Orgeat) Syrup
1/3 fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
6 drop	Orange blossom water / Orange flower water
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

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Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of cinnamon powder.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

Dust with cinnamon powder.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Infante contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
16.38% alc./vol. (32.76° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup (2:1) — Nuts
Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

Named after Mexican actor and singer Pedro Infante Cruz (1917-1957), who acted in more than 60 films and recorded over 350 songs.

Adapted from a recipe created in 2009 by Giuseppe González at Dutch Kills bar in Long Island City, New York City. I added a splash of egg white and switched from nutmeg to cinnamon for the garnish in January 2025 after enjoying an Infante at Pictura in the Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid, Spain.

More cocktails by Giuseppe Gonzalez

Review

A riff on a Margarita with orgeat replacing the usual orange liqueur, so disguising it with alluring almond/marzipan notes. Some versions call for rose rather than orange blossom water, but floral orange seems more appropriate than rose to replace the orange liqueur.

Variations/similar cocktails

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Comments & Discussion

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Enrique Del Rio San pio 2y

I tried that one with rose water and its very ellegant. On top a bit of nutmeg powder. On the sweet side. Not for every body but i think its an underrated cocktail. I Will also try it changing orgeat syrup for falernum syrup.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson 2y

Much of a muchness. There are better uses for all these ingredients.

Patricia Baker 1y

Agreed, this is a bit of a meh cocktail for me. I wanted to like it, but it seemed to be missing something.

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