El Diablo, Mi Amante
September 21st, 2007 | Published in liqueur, tequila | 4 Comments
So it’s really here. Fall. The mornings and evenings are downright chilly and daytime temps no longer reach over 75º. I have officially turned the heater on and today we’re expecting our first rain storm. Summer is over.
On that note, I’m clearing out the warm-weather leftovers like the Tequila por Mi Amante. Strawberries have no place in fall, and so we bid the season adieu with a modified take on the El Diablo from Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide, Revised. A little strawberry, a little black currant, some ginger ale and lime and poof! Warm weather disappears in no more time than it takes to finish a glass.
juice of ½ lime
1 oz Tequila por Mi Amante
½ oz créme de cassis
ginger aleSqueeze lime into 10-ounce glass filled with ice. Add Tequila Mi Amante and créme de cassis and stir; top with ginger ale.
Not the stunning knockout that the Paloma Mi Amante is, but the strawberry and black currant flavors play nicely together with the ginger. Plus it’s a bit bittersweet from the lime, which suits my feelings about the shifting seasons just fine.
September 22nd, 2007at 11:29 pm(#)
[...] of, almost felt that way in Seattle. To truly, finally usher out the season, I decided to follow Marleigh’s lead and finish off the last dregs of the Tequila por Mi Amante in my [...]
September 24th, 2007at 9:19 am(#)
Ay caramba! Looks delicious.
September 24th, 2007at 11:56 am(#)
beautiful name for a beautiful drink.
i thought of you this weekend when at the bookstore there was a display of baking books and cocktail books…don’t know why they had highlighted those particular collections together, but i thought you and i could have happily browsed there for quite a while…
September 24th, 2007at 12:02 pm(#)
Hmmmm. Baking and cocktails—it’s like they were showcasing my cookbook collection! Then again, displays like that are why I have to be very, very careful in bookstores. I’ll leave with half the store.