The Anticuado
By Tested and perfected in the Sur La Table kitchen
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Serves
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 sugar cube
- 2-3 dashes bitters, we suggest Angostura or orange flavors
- 1 teaspoon filtered water
- 2 ounces reposado tequila or aged mezcal
- Orange peel for garnish
- Cocktail cherry for garnish, optional
Procedure
1. To an old fashioned or rocks glass, add sugar cube, bitters, and water. Muddle until sugar is dissolved.
2. Fill glass halfway with ice or 1 large ice cube. Add tequila or mezcal, using a cocktail spoon, gently stir to combine.
3. Garnish version 1: Twist orange peel over glass, then nestle into cocktail and serve. Garnish version 2: Pierce through orange peel near one end with a cocktail pick, then through a cocktail cherry, then again through the other end of the orange peel. Rest cocktail pick on the rim of the glass and serve.
2. Fill glass halfway with ice or 1 large ice cube. Add tequila or mezcal, using a cocktail spoon, gently stir to combine.
3. Garnish version 1: Twist orange peel over glass, then nestle into cocktail and serve. Garnish version 2: Pierce through orange peel near one end with a cocktail pick, then through a cocktail cherry, then again through the other end of the orange peel. Rest cocktail pick on the rim of the glass and serve.
The Anticuado
By Tested and perfected in the Sur La Table kitchen
Serves
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 sugar cube
- 2-3 dashes bitters, we suggest Angostura or orange flavors
- 1 teaspoon filtered water
- 2 ounces reposado tequila or aged mezcal
- Orange peel for garnish
- Cocktail cherry for garnish, optional
Procedure
1. To an old fashioned or rocks glass, add sugar cube, bitters, and water. Muddle until sugar is dissolved.
2. Fill glass halfway with ice or 1 large ice cube. Add tequila or mezcal, using a cocktail spoon, gently stir to combine.
3. Garnish version 1: Twist orange peel over glass, then nestle into cocktail and serve. Garnish version 2: Pierce through orange peel near one end with a cocktail pick, then through a cocktail cherry, then again through the other end of the orange peel. Rest cocktail pick on the rim of the glass and serve.
2. Fill glass halfway with ice or 1 large ice cube. Add tequila or mezcal, using a cocktail spoon, gently stir to combine.
3. Garnish version 1: Twist orange peel over glass, then nestle into cocktail and serve. Garnish version 2: Pierce through orange peel near one end with a cocktail pick, then through a cocktail cherry, then again through the other end of the orange peel. Rest cocktail pick on the rim of the glass and serve.