Name: Ernest + Rita
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 35 ml Tequila blanco; 15 ml Elderflower liqueur; 35 ml Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed); 25 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Photographed in an

Italesse Presidente Wormwood

Garnish:

Pink grapefruit zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/6 fl oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
1/2 fl oz	Fiorente Elderflower liqueur
1 1/6 fl oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
5/6 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
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Patrón Silver blanco tequila, 70cl

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£ 22.45 £ 0.48 per cocktail, makes 46.5

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Review:

A relatively low-alcohol, floral, grapefruit-laced and aperitivo-style Margarita.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2014 by Jamie Lewis at Bath & Bottle in Douglas, Isle of Man.

Nutrition:

One serving of Ernest + Rita contains 150 calories.

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
11.42% alc./vol. (22.84° proof)
13.7 grams of pure alcohol

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