Maria Sans Sangre

Maria Sans Sangre

Ingredients

• 6 cherry tomatoes
• 6 basil leaves
• 15 ml of simple syrup
• 60 ml of blanco tequila (I recommend El Tesoro)
• 15 ml of dry sherry (I recommend Williams & Humbert medium-dry)
• 15 ml of lemon juice
• A pinch of salt and pepper
• Garnish: 1 cherry tomato, 1 basil leaf

Preparation steps

1. In the bottom of a shaker, muddle the tomatoes and basil with the simple syrup.
2. Add the tequila, sherry, lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
3. Shake with ice until chilled.
4. Double-strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a coupe glass.
5. For the garnish, pierce a small hole in the top of the tomato and insert the stem of the basil leaf like a flag. Make a slit in the bottom of the tomato and perch it on the rim of the glass.