STONE FRUIT SANGARITA BY DRINKING WITH CHICKENS

What’s all that clucking about? Well, it’s probably Drinking With Chickens’ hybrid margarita-sangria cocktail – the Stone Fruit Sangarita.

And even though it’s two drinks in one, we think it’s twice as easy to make.

Simply steep a handful of cherries and some of your favorite stone fruits – we’re big fans of the pluot – in orange liqueur, sugar and the pinkest rosé you can find. Let it soak overnight (giving it a few good shakes here and there). Then add our amber reposado and a squeeze of fresh lime for the final margarita twist.

What’s great about this flavor combo is that it does right by any meal – slice through rich banana-walnut pancakes for brunch, pair with some late afternoon chips and guac or sip while you grill up summer’s last kebabs.

Cocktail Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz. Exotico® Reposado Tequila
• 1 ½ oz. Stone Fruit Sangria Mixture (see below)
• ½ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
• Several Slices Boozy Sangria Fruit
• Cherries, for Garnish
• Salt, for Rim

Sangria Ingredients:

• 6 oz. Rosé Wine
• 2 oz. Orange Liqueur
• 3 tbsp. Granulated Sugar
• 4 Stone Fruits (e.g., Nectarine, Plum, Pluot)
• 6 Cherries

Sangria Directions:

1. Pit and slice cherries and stone fruits.
2. Combine all ingredients in a jar.
3. Shake and place in fridge overnight, shaking occasionally.

Cocktail Directions:

1. Prep glass by running a lime wedge around it and dipping into coarse salt.
2. Fill glass with ice.
3. Add ice, tequila, sangria and lime juice to a shaker.
4. Shake until chilled.
5. Strain mixture into glass.
6. Drop in boozy fruit and garnish with fresh cherries.

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