Margarita with honey syrup in place of triple sec.
Why you are pouring this tonight
The first time I made a Margarita with honey instead of triple sec, it was 2am after a wedding I’d been told was casual and turned out to involve a string quartet, and I had to use the only sweetener in the kitchen, which was a half-empty jar of leatherwood honey from Bruny Island that had crystallised on the lid like it owed me money. The drink came out softer, rounder, and slightly more committed to its own backstory than the original. Everyone wanted one.
That’s the pitch. Honey turns the Margarita from a lime-and-tequila slap into something that reads like a Margarita that has read a book. Use a 100% agave blanco (Patron Silver, Espolon, anything that says puro de agave on the label, not the cheap mixto stuff that smells like a school bus). Use a runny honey, dissolved in the lime juice before you shake. The salt on the rim is non-negotiable.
What to pour it alongside
Goat cheese tacos, fish tacos, ceviche.
Notes
Use a 100% agave tequila, the agave and honey reinforce each other. Cheap mixed-grain tequila will taste flat.
The recipe
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