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Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl| 1 1/2 fl oz | Patrón Silver blanco tequila |
| 3/4 fl oz | Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur |
| 3/4 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
| 2 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
- Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- Garnish with lime wedge on rim.
Strength & taste guide:
Review:
Apricot liqueur replaces triple sec in what otherwise follows a broadly classic Margarita recipe. As with my preferred Margarita recipe, my previous recipe was based on reposado tequila with half bar spoon of agave syrup, but a Toreador better suits the clean fresh notes of a blanco tequila with a spoon of sugar syrup.
I updated this recipe in January 2025. The Previous recipe: 50ml (1⅔oz) reposado tequila, 25ml (5/6oz) apricot brandy liqueur, 25ml (5/6oz) lime juice, 2.5ml (½ barspoon) agave syrup and 4 drop margarita bitters.
History:
This variation on the Margarita was first published in William J. "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Bar Book.
TOREADOR.
W. J. Tarling, Café Royal Bar Book, 1937
½ Tequila.
¼ Apricot Brandy.
¼ Fresh Lime or Lemon Juice.
Shake.
As well as this Margarita riff, Tarling also lists another cocktail called a Picador, which is identical to the modern-day Margarita. When considering the origins of the Margarita, it's worth remembering that Tarling's book was published 16 years before the first written reference to a cocktail named Margarita.
Nutrition:
167 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 19.15% alc./vol. (38.3° proof)
- 18.2 grams of pure alcohol
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