Recipe: El Ponce skinny margarita

Photo by El Ponce Poncey-Highland Mexican restaurant El Ponce serves a house margarita based on the recipe for The Tommy a fresh less sweet version of the margarita that swaps out orange liqueur for agave nectar Legendary bartender and tequila master Julio Bermejo created this modern classic in the early s at his family s San Francisco restaurant Tommy s Mexican The Tommy sees orange liqueur replaced with -percent agave nectar resulting in a less sweet much cleaner additive- and refined sugar-free margarita The El Ponce skinny margarita recipe can be shaken and poured over ice batched with water added if not shaking or blended with ice to make it frozen For a flavored margarita substitute half of the agave syrup with another fruit syrup or muddle with fresh fruit Related stories The top five recipes Rough Draft readers raved about in Other recipes from the Rough Draft archivesIngredients oz blanco tequila oz lime juice fresh squeezed or flash pasteurized like Natalie s pure lime juice oz agave syrup Rim optional coarse salt sugar or TajinDirectionsAdd all liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously until chilled Strain into a rocks glass with ice Garnish with a fresh lime wedge Optional rim of coarse salt sugar TajinThe post Recipe El Ponce skinny margarita appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta