The Garden Variety Margarita

A spicy ginger kick and the subtle, unmistakably grassy sweetness of kale elevates this vegetal variation on the margarita, from the New York City bar The Wayland.

Note: Fresh ginger and kale juices are available for takeaway at some juice bars. To make kale juice at home, wash, stem, and roughly chop kale, and liquefy in a blender at high speed, straining out solids if desired. To make ginger juice at home, finely grate knobs of peeled ginger over cheesecloth; squeeze cheesecloth to strain out ginger juice.

  • Serves

    makes 1 Cocktail

Ingredients

For the Ginger-Kale Juice

  • 1 cup ginger juice
  • 12 cup kale juice

For the Cocktail

  • 2 oz. blanco tequila
  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • 34 oz. agave nectar
  • 12 oz. ginger-kale juice
  • Salt, for rimming the glass

Instructions

Step 1

Rim a rocks glass with salt, set aside. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in ½ oz. ginger-kale juice, tequila, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake well, and pour over ice into your salt-rimmed glass.
  1. Rim a rocks glass with salt, set aside. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in ½ oz. ginger-kale juice, tequila, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake well, and pour over ice into your salt-rimmed glass.
Drinks

The Garden Variety Margarita

  • Serves

    makes 1 Cocktail

Green Variety Margarita
MATT TAYLOR-GROSS

A spicy ginger kick and the subtle, unmistakably grassy sweetness of kale elevates this vegetal variation on the margarita, from the New York City bar The Wayland.

Ingredients

For the Ginger-Kale Juice

  • 1 cup ginger juice
  • 12 cup kale juice

For the Cocktail

  • 2 oz. blanco tequila
  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • 34 oz. agave nectar
  • 12 oz. ginger-kale juice
  • Salt, for rimming the glass

Instructions

Step 1

Rim a rocks glass with salt, set aside. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in ½ oz. ginger-kale juice, tequila, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake well, and pour over ice into your salt-rimmed glass.
  1. Rim a rocks glass with salt, set aside. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in ½ oz. ginger-kale juice, tequila, lime juice and agave nectar. Shake well, and pour over ice into your salt-rimmed glass.

Note: Fresh ginger and kale juices are available for takeaway at some juice bars. To make kale juice at home, wash, stem, and roughly chop kale, and liquefy in a blender at high speed, straining out solids if desired. To make ginger juice at home, finely grate knobs of peeled ginger over cheesecloth; squeeze cheesecloth to strain out ginger juice.

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