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"This zingy thirst-quencher has enough freshness to stand up to the dry heat of the Mexican desert as well as it does the heady humidity of a packed East London dive bar.."
How to make ...
Pineapple Picante Smash
This built drink sees the long-awaited return of tequila to our masterclass menu. This traditionally underrated spirit is seeing a slow but steady incline in popularity as drinkers’ knowledge and adventurousness grows over time. Sadly though, tequila is still seen by many as something to simply do shots of with salt & lemon.
Method
In a julep tin, add the pineapple chunks, chilli slices and lime quarter.
Muddle thoroughly using a muddler.
Using a jigger to measure add the tequila, pineapple juice and sugar syrup
Fill cup 2/3 with crushed ice
Use a bar spoon to churn the cocktail (scooping ingredients from the bottom and stirring simultaneously)
Top with a dome of crushed ice
Garnish with a straw, lime wheel and napkin jacket around the tin.
Serve and enjoy.
Equipment
Jigger/measure
Muddler
Bar spoon
Crushed ice
History
Our smash ambitiously aims to change Tequila’s rather dated public image by combining good quality tequila with some of its best flavour companions; the sweet creamy fruitiness of pineapple, the sharp citrusy tang of fresh lime and the spice and warmth of fresh chilli. Together these ingredients make for a drink that is both balanced and moreish and that lets the smooth complexity of the tequila shine through.
The julep style serve and method mean that this smash is easy to make at home and always guaranteed to be cold and refreshing. This zingy thirst-quencher has enough freshness to stand up to the dry heat of the Mexican desert as well as it does the heady humidity of a packed East London dive bar. And with its irresistible flavour, the Pineapple Picante Smash may even convert a few tequila sceptics along the way.
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Ingredients
50ml 100% Agave Tequila
50ml Pineapple Juice
20ml Sugar Syrup
1/4 Lime
A spoonful of Pineapple Chunks
1-2 Slices of Fresh Chilli
Pineapple Leaf garnish
Times:
Prep: 2 Minutes
Make: 30 Seconds
Total: 2 Minutes and 30 Seconds
Calories:
172 calories
Servings:
Serves 1
Method
In a julep tin, add the pineapple chunks, chilli slices and lime quarter.
Muddle thoroughly using a muddler.
Using a jigger to measure add the tequila, pineapple juice and sugar syrup
Fill cup 2/3 with crushed ice
Use a bar spoon to churn the cocktail (scooping ingredients from the bottom and stirring simultaneously)
Top with a dome of crushed ice
Garnish with a straw, lime wheel and napkin jacket around the tin.
Serve and enjoy.
Equipment
Jigger/measure
Muddler
Bar spoon
Crushed ice
History
Our smash ambitiously aims to change Tequila’s rather dated public image by combining good quality tequila with some of its best flavour companions; the sweet creamy fruitiness of pineapple, the sharp citrusy tang of fresh lime and the spice and warmth of fresh chilli. Together these ingredients make for a drink that is both balanced and moreish and that lets the smooth complexity of the tequila shine through.
The julep style serve and method mean that this smash is easy to make at home and always guaranteed to be cold and refreshing. This zingy thirst-quencher has enough freshness to stand up to the dry heat of the Mexican desert as well as it does the heady humidity of a packed East London dive bar. And with its irresistible flavour, the Pineapple Picante Smash may even convert a few tequila sceptics along the way.
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Recommended
This widely popular tequila-based crowd-pleaser is one of the four drinks you’ll get to make on our Autumn/Winter seasonal cocktail masterclasses. It also makes for a brilliant centrepiece drink for any private event.
Use the navigation bar on the right to check out the rest of the drinks we teach on our seasonal cocktail masterclasses – we design our classes to cover as wide a range as possible whilst using as many seasonal ingredients as we can to maximise flavour and watch our carbon footprint simultaneously. You can also use the tick boxes to have a browse of every single Autumn cocktail on our list if you wanted to try your hand at home using ingredients you’ll most likely find lying around your house.
Video Transcription
Hi guys, It’s Matilde here, I am at Mixology’s flagship venue, TT Liquor in Shoreditch. Today we’re going to show you how to make a Pineapple Picante Smash. It’s a new drink on the menu at our cocktail making classes. Tequila is finally back on the menu. And this spicy rendition of a smash is much more than your average tequila drink. The ingredients are in the description below, and here’s Kay to show you how to make it.
All right, guys, it’s Kay back here at TT Liquor. Today, I’m going to be showing you how to make a Pineapple Picante Smash. This is a built cocktail, so I’m going to be making it in the same cup I serve it in, which is going to be this little julep tin.
Now, first things I need to go into this julep tin are going to be some fresh fruit, some solid ingredients. First up, I’ve got some pineapple chunks here that I’ve pre-cut. Now, if you’re making this at home, you can absolutely just use tinned pineapple as well. I’d say I want maybe four or five of these pineapple chunks.
Right, next thing I’m going to put in here is going to be the picante part of our Pineapple Picante Smash, which is going to be some chilli. I’m just going to roll this between my hands to loosen up the seeds. I’ll cut the top off, give that a little shake to get rid of those. And I don’t want this too spicy, so I’m just going to do a couple of little slices of chilli.
The final, fresh, solid ingredient going here is going to be some lime. And pop one of those in there.
I’m going to grab my muddler and use that to give them all a good squish. Get it right in there, break that chilli up a little bit, and get it mixed with those other ingredients.
Now, the booze in our Pineapple Picante Smash is going to be some tequila. We got this really nice El Jimador tequila. We want 50ml of our tequila or a double shot. So I’m going to fill my measure all the way up to the rim, and pour in that, beautiful.
Next thing to add a little bit of extra pineapple flavour to our Pineapple Picante Smash. We’ve got some pineapple juice, and I want the same amount as I had of tequila, which was 50ml. Perfect.
Now the final liquid ingredient to go in here just to give this a little bit of sweetness. We don’t need a huge amount, we’ve got some sweetness from the pineapple already, so I’m just going to use about 20ml of my simple syrup. There we go.
I’m going to fill this not quite the top with crushed ice to start with, just to leave myself a bit of room to stir it. I’m going to take my bar spoon, cover the top of this with my hand and give it a good old churn to get all those ingredients mixed together.
Now, to finish it off, I’m going to give it a crown of crushed ice. So I’m going to take a nice big scoop of crushed ice and pile it on top of the drink and just use my hand to form that into a dome.
For a garnish, I’ve got myself a nice pineapple leaf that I’m going to pop in there. And because this is in this cold metal tin, which isn’t going to be the most comfortable thing to hold when we drink this. I’m going to make it a little bit more pleasant by giving him a little jacket. I’m going to take one of my bar napkins, just fold it in half along the diagonal to make a triangle, and then I’ll take each of these outer corners and dip them in a little bit of water. So that the wet corners just stick to the outside of the cold metal tin.
And that is our Pineapple Picante Smash, ready to drink.
