Name: Chimayo
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Crème de cassis; 22.5 ml Apple juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Blanco tequila

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Crème de cassis liqueur

³⁄₄ fl oz

Apple juice/apple cider (cloudy & unsweetened)

¹⁄₄ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of red apple slice on rim.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with red apple slice on rim.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Chimayo contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
17.8% alc./vol. (35.6° proof)
18.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Comments & Discussion

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Sally Morgan Premium Member 1y

I was looking for something to complement a Scandi-Mexican fusion dish (honestly - nicer than it sounds) and this was perfect. The mix of tequila and apple juice is surprisingly good - worth juicing apples specially for.

Chris Brislawn 1y

We live just down the road from Ranch de Chimayo so I want to get this right. Patron Silver is great but silver tequila is very agave-driven while this drink calls for more refinement. Used 1.5 oz El Tesoro Anejo and added 1/2 oz Santa Fe Spirits Apple Brandy to tie things together. Local raw, unfiltered apple juice or cider is important, and a wee bit more lemon juice helps cut the sweetness, too. Very good and distinctive!

Xd Loler 2y

Add more lime

Jeremy Harrold 2y

Reasonable if for me you up the Cassis to 20ml and lemon to 10ml. I like how the Tequila adds to the flavour rather than just being there.

Colin Cook 2y

For me the spiciness of the tequila came through without any burn. Added to my holiday repertoire.

Annabelle Egginton 2y

Very festive drink. Really well balanced. I thoroughly enjoyed it and made it again.

Miguel Perales Premium Member 2y

Tequila is definitely on the nose and upfront but then the apple and cassis come in. I was fortunate to get fresh, unsweetened apple cider which made it nicely balanced.

Sally Morgan Premium Member 2y

I’ve read the comments and I think the key to this one is good quality apple juice. I made mine fresh and it was absolutely delicious. It would be flat and sweet with standard carton apple juice.

THOMAS WHITE 2y

Mine was much redder than the associated picture, but was otherwise brilliant. The Cassis sugars brought forward the flavour of the tequila whilst quelled the alcohol burn and made this extremely pleasant to quaff down.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

We had high hopes for this one, but it was a bit sweet and a little flat. Putting it on the rocks helped as did a few drops of Difford's Margarita Bitters. The cassis seems to fight a bit with the tequila. Was OK, but not one I would do again.