Smoked Pineapple Margarita
A smokey, caramelized pineapple 🤝 tequila #ad21+
Smoky, sweet, and just a little salty, this one is my type of summer margarita.
The pineapple gets a quick run on the @traegergrills Westwood XL grill, picking up that smoky, wood-fired flavor that takes this margarita to another level. Paired with nice blanco tequila and a touch of smoked sea salt, it’s balanced, refreshing and built for warm days by the grill. Don’t forget the caramelized, charred pineapple garnish!
Cheers, y’all!
ingredients:
1½ oz | 45 ml Reposado Tequila
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Smoked Pineapple Syrup (recipe below)
5 dashes Angostura Bitters (to top)
Caramelized Charred Pineapple (Garnish)
For Smoked Pineapple Syrup (recipe below)
https://www.holycityhandcraft.com/recipes/smoked-pineapple-syrup
instructions:
Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled, then strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a caramelized pineapple wedge.
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I’m your huckleberry 🤠
I just got back from Montana with my friends at @traegergrills. It was strictly a grilling event but given what I do, of course I had to get behind the bar. I knew I wanted to incorporate local Montana ingredients like huckleberry, juniper (grown on site) and honey but also wanted to incorporate smoke from the grill. So I had the idea to make a bramble type cocktail.
For the smokey element, I smoked some local raw honey along with some juniper berries on the Traeger to just get a kiss of smoke. I then constructed the cocktail originally using gin like a traditional bramble, but the juniper botanicals overpowered the recipe so I switched to a reposado tequila and knew it was the perfect fit. They also had some locally made huckleberry liqueur which was the perfect last ingredient to top the cocktail and bring that sweet/sour/fruity element to the cocktail. Finally topped it with that smoked juniper berry branch to give it that botanical pop and tricking your brain into thinking you’re drinking a bramble when you’re actually drinking something closer to a margarita.
Given the ingredients and location, it was just fitting to call this the ‘Big Sky Bramble.’ Cheers y’all.
Big thanks to @i_drewcifer for the R&D help!
🎥: @tobojosh / @grillvaultbbq