Name: Spicy Verde
Yield: Makes 1 drink.
Cuisine: Mexico
Ingredients: ½ celery stick, split and cut into ½-inch pieces; Ice cubes; 1½ ounces 100 percent agave blanco tequila; ½ ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice; 6 sprigs cilantro; 1 thin slice jalapeño

Preparation info

Makes
1
drink.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Amor y Tacos

By Deborah Schneider

Published 2010

About

Not everyone is a fan of sweet, fruity drinks. Tequila’s crisp, edgy flavor is just as delicious in this vegetable-spiked cocktail. For a drink so simple, the flavors are vibrant and clean. The celery and spiciness are reminiscent of a Bloody Maria, but without the tomato. Perhaps it is an invisible Maria?

Ingredients

½ celery stick, split and cut into ½-inch pieces
6 sprigs cilantro
1 thin slice jalapeño

Method

In a 10-ounce rocks glass, crush the celery, cilantro, and jalapeño with a muddler. Fill the glass with ice and pour in the tequila and lime juice. Stir well and serve with a stick of celery, preferably with leaves.