Warm up your lover with this tequila cocktail

This Latin Star is designed to warm up your lover on a cold winter night with the flavors of exotic fruit and the heat of tequila. This fast and easy tequila cocktail is part of a menu for an entire dinner featuring the exotic fruits of winter and the allure of warming spices. Get the full menu plan and recipes with Warm Spice and Winter Jewels.

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Diane's Latin Star

Prep Time

5 mins

 

A cocktail made with fresh, tropical fruit, ginger and tequila, it's a winning recipe on a cold winter's night. 

Course: aperitif, cocktails

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Tequila

Dish Type: Cocktail

Seasonal: Christmas, Holiday season, winter

Ingredient: Tequila

Servings: 2

Created by: Diane Brown

Ingredients

• 1 slices star fruit cut into ½-inch thick slices, 2reserved for garnish
• 1 fresh kiwi peeled and cut into chunks
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• 1 1- inch knob of fresh ginger root cut into thin slices
• 2 in lime wedges cuthalf
• 3 ounces 100% agave tequila

Instructions

1. Put star fruit (reserving one slice for garnish) kiwi, pineapple juice and lime wedge into a shaker glass.
2. Using a muddler, press all juices from the star fruit, kiwi and lime.
3. Strain juice from the pulp with a medium-mesh strainer into two ice-filled rocks glass.
4. Top with tequila and stir. Garnish with a slice of star fruit on the rim of the rocks glass.

Diane Brown is author of The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations For Lovers

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