Passion Fruit Mezcal Margarita

Smoky, tart, sweet and icy, this is one calibrated cocktail.

Ingredients:

  • Smoked sea salt or other flaky salt

  • 1 lime wedge

  • 2 ounces mezcal

  • 2 ounces frozen unsweetened passion fruit purée, such as Pitaya Foods brand, defrosted

  • 1 ounce Cointreau

  • 1 ounce fresh lime juice

  • 1 teaspoon agave

Instructions:

To salt the rim, sprinkle a few teaspoons of salt onto a small plate. Rub the rim of a highball glass with cut side of lime wedge, then dip rim into salt.

In a cocktail shaker, combine a large handful of ice, mezcal, passion fruit purée, Cointreau, lime juice and agave. Shake until icy. Pour, with the ice, into the prepared glass.

Attribution:

Recipe: Odette Williams

Origin: The Wall Street Journal

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