Name: My Tequila Valentine
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Blanco tequila; 7.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 7.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 7.5 ml Dry vermouth; 45 ml Blood orange juice

My Tequila Valentine
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Fluet Old Fashioned 1920 34cl

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₄ oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
¹⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Blood orange juice

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.

How to make:

SHAKE (or STIR) all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino), Dry vermouth - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Beautifully balanced tequila and blood orange with a herbal vermouth complexity and delicate bitter notes.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Amy Stewart, author of the Drunken Botanist.

Nutrition:

One serving of My Tequila Valentine contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
14.66% alc./vol. (29.31° proof)
16.5 grams of pure alcohol

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