Dragon’s Tail
A bold and fresh take on a classic margarita.Created by Shannon Mustipher (Instagram: @shannonmustipher)
Ingredients
2 cups water
4 cinnamon sticks
1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup DOLE IQF Dragon Fruit
1 ½ oz tequila reposado
½ oz mezcal espadin
½ oz aperol or campari
1 oz cinnamon simply syrup
1 oz Dragon Fruit Cinnamon Puree
¾ oz lime juice
Ice as needed
Directions
- In a small sauce pot, add water and cinnamon sticks and bring to a boil. Simmer for 10 minutes and strain out cinnamon sticks.
- Bring water back to a boil, add sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool.
- Combine cinnamon syrup and dragon fruit in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Add 1 oz dragon fruit mixture along with the remaining ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. NOTE: Additional dragon fruit puree can be refrigerated in an air tight container for up to 3 days.
- Shake and strain into a chilled rocks glass over ice.
- Garnish with a tropical element such as a banana leaf or slice of dragon fruit.