Coconut Margarita Recipe

This tropical Margarita rendition from Los Angeles restaurant Mírate is made with coconut-washed reposado tequila, coconut cream, coconut liqueur, and recent lime juice.

Mírate beverage director Maxwell Reis created this decadent variation as a tribute to El Cholo, L.A.’s first Mexican restaurant. The historic eatery, one of many oldest, family-run eating places within the metropolis, is credited with introducing restaurant-style burritos to the U.S. within the Nineteen Thirties. The enduring location incorporates a blended Coconut Margarita on its menu, which Reis has had some expertise with.

“My good friend Rob, who used to run Oy Bar, (and I) had ordered them in the future previous to a elaborate dinner,” says Reis. The 2 associates could have loved a couple of too many, and that fancy dinner was only a blur. It had been an inside joke between them since. “I made a decision to lean into the joke, and the Mírate Coconut Margarita was born.”

The drink quickly grew to become a fan favourite.

Since opening within the Los Feliz neighborhood in 2022, Mírate’s bar program has shortly grow to be acknowledged as a pacesetter within the agave spirits area, that includes smaller, much less acknowledged producers and internet hosting academic tasting occasions with notable consultants. It was named as one of many High Bars within the U.S. on this yr’s F&W International Tastemakers Awards, and just lately ranked No. 12 by World’s 50 Finest Bars in North America.

Why the Coconut Margarita works

Although many affiliate coconut with Piña Coladas and rum cocktails, the marginally nutty, earthy, and tropical flavors pair particularly nicely with a woodsy reposado tequila.

“We use a lovely reposado from G4 (Tequila) that already has delicate notes of toasted coconut from its barrel end,” says Reis. “(It) combines extremely nicely with the toasted coconut infusion.”

For the infusion, the tequila is “washed” with toasted coconut flakes in a single day, enhancing the pure coconut aromatics within the spirit. (The recipe featured right here has been simplified to make at dwelling.) For the coconut liqueur, Reis likes utilizing Kalani, a model that ferments recent coconut milk with a Mexican sugar cane rum base.

“Hilariously sufficient, (this cocktail) has 5 sorts of coconut built-in into it, so that you’ll discover it’s undoubtedly not your on a regular basis Coconut Margarita,” says Reis. “We make a house-made coconut cream integrating three completely different sorts of coconut, however you might simply substitute in Coco Lopez (coconut cream) blended with coconut milk, or one other extra craft model of coconut cream.”

The results of all of that coconut is extra nuanced than you would possibly assume. The daring cooked agave flavors from the reposado tequila minimize by the luscious coconut cream, and freshly squeezed lime juice helps to brighten and stability the general sweetness. It’s layered, advanced, and pure trip in a glass.

“(This drink) was really a part of the inspiration behind opening our new bar enterprise, Daisy Margarita Bar,” says Reis.

Now, there are two locations in Los Angeles to do this visitor favourite. Or, you possibly can take a stab on the recipe right here and summon a tropical vacation from dwelling.