Tequila Martinis... uhm... yum!?

Perhaps 'yum' is not your first reaction to the idea of a tequila Martini. Well folks, I'm here to reassure you that you're not alone.  Nearly everyone I have mentioned this idea to reacts with the same 'eww' or 'gross', that one would expect. Before delving too far into this topic, I would like to encourage you with the fact that we're not going to be looking at those 'mean' tequilas such as Sauza, or Jose Cuervo.

Don Julio Blanco, and Patron Silver are on the menu tonight.

So here's the gist of what you're looking at.

• 1 1/2 oz Don Julio Blanco
• 1/2 oz Dry Vermouth   
• 1 drop Grand Marnier
• granulated sugar
• kosher salt
• 1 Orange

Mix sugar and salt on a plate, with equal proportions. Rinse a martini glass with water, and rim the glass with the sugar and salt mixture. Add tequila and vermouth to a shaker full of ice, and stir. Add one drop of Grand Marnier to martini glass, and swirl in glass, so as to coat the inside of the glass, and strain tequila and vermouth mixture. Garnish with orange zest, twist, or peel, to taste.

Don Julio's citrus notes mix well with the Tequila martini recipe provided. It blends quite well with the hints of orange, in the garnish, but is subtle enough not to abstract the taste of the blue agave.

On the other hand, Patron mixes quite well too, but doesn't mix quite as well as the Don Julio. Somewhere down the road, I'm going to have to provide a Patron specific recipe, that takes into account the difference in flavour between Patron and Don Julio. That being said, it is still worth the time to prepare with Patron, but perhaps one might try a different fruit for garnish, or maybe even swirling Limoncello on the glass instead of Grand Marnier.