The recipe
- 2 ozTequila60 ml
- ¾ ozLime juice20 ml
- 1½–2 tspGrenadine
- 2 dashesAngostura bitters
How to make it
- 1Shake everything with ice.
- 2Strain into a tall glass packed with finely cracked ice.
Garnish: Orange and pineapple slices and a cherry.
Baker gives two jiggers of tequila and the juice of two small limes; the tequila and lime amounts follow Difford’s reading of his recipe.
The ratio
3 : 1 : ½
In parts, a Mexican Firing Squad is 3 tequila, 1 lime and ½ grenadine. Change one part and you have a cousin; the closest are below.
Built the same way
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