Cantarito
Happy Taco Tuesday! I have the perfect drink pairing to go along with your tacos this evening. It’s called a Cantarito. I had no idea a drink of this name even existed a few weeks ago until I saw it on a menu while out for happy hour. I had the pleasure of making these for my fiancé, some friends and I on Cinco de Mayo. Let me tell you, they were a huge hit. Lets just say we didn’t just have one.
The glass I used to make these isn’t the traditional glass. In fact the drink traditionally goes in a flower pot looking glass. If you Google Cantarito, you will see. I happened to not decide to make these until the last minute and couldn’t find the traditional glasses anywhere, so I settled for the glasses pictured. I found them at Home Goods. They are Mexican made glasses, and so i thought it was the best alternative to the flower pot cups.
Additions:
- Jalapeños
- Cilantro
Cantarito
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1/2 Orange Squeezed (juice)
- 1/2 Lime Squeezed (juice)
- 1/4 Lemon Squeezed (juice)
- 1/2 can Fresca
- 1/4 cup Fresh Grapefruit Juice
- 1 1/2 shots tequila
Garnish
- Salt for Rim
- Lemon Slice
- Lime Slice
- Orange Slice
Instructions
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(Optional) If you want a salted rim place some lime juice on a tea saucer and place cup upside down, so you coat the rim. Dunk glass in salt and then carefully place ice in.
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Place fresh squeezed orange juice, lemon juice and lime juice in a glass with ice.
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Pour in tequila.
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Top off with grapefruit juice and Fresca.
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Garnish with lemon, lime and orange.
Cheers!
