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Shaken · Rocks

Stacey Swenson, New York

Margarita Verde cocktail recipe

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What goes in it

Method · Shaken

  1. 1Shake everything hard with ice.
  2. 2Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a lime wheel and a parsley sprig.
Glass
Rocks
Ice
Cubed
Garnish
Lime wheel and parsley sprig

Prep ahead

House prep

Garden Cordial

Yield
About 5 cups
Keeps
1 week
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • 1 cupgreen bell pepper juice
  • 1 cupsnap peas
  • 1 handful parsley
  • 1 cupcelery juice
  • 2 cupsagave nectar
  • 1 cupwater

Method

  1. 1Blend everything in a high-powered blender until smooth, then fine-strain.

Fresh juice

Lime Juice

Yield
About 1 oz per lime
Keeps
1 day
Storage
Refrigerated

Ingredients

  • Fresh limes

Method

  1. 1Juice to order or in small batches. Strain out seeds and pulp. Store in the refrigerator.

Mixer

Saline Solution (1:4)

Keeps
3 months
Storage
Room temperature

Ingredients

  • 1 partkosher salt (by weight)
  • 4 partswater (by weight)

Method

  1. 1Blend or shake until the salt dissolves.

About the Margarita Verde

Margarita Verde is a Margarita-style cocktail made with blanco tequila, gentian liqueur and garden cordial, created by Stacey Swenson.

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