September 13, 2010 | 3 Comments

Cocktail Recipe for a Broken Heart

Here’s the deal: I recently had my heart broken. We all have our methods of coping and mine certainly have to do with eating and drinking. I get snobby about it too. Yes, I self-hate by eating things that are bad for me, but I do it with style. To name a few, in the past week I’ve had Queso Fundido at Tamarindo, truffle fries at B Restaurant, homemade donuts at Camino, and the burger at Zuni. Fatty fatty boom boom, is what you’re thinking.
But, the real secret to mending a broken heart is a cocktail. One that takes you away to a tropical place, one that has a lil’ kick to wake you up, and one that has something new and surprising. I made a foray into Fruitvale for some ingredients and while I was buying limes the checker leaned over and said in a soft Spanish, “powerful.”
Huh? The debit machine? Is it new?
“No, you.”
Oh yeah?
And then he said smiling, “You’re happy too. You’re a very happy person.”

He didn’t strike me as the psychic type, but I decided that regardless, he was right. And I was in the mood for a little flattery.  I catwalked my happy ass down Fruitvale Ave like “I’m powerful, I’m happy, and I got hella limes. Can’t stop me now!”
La Margarita Ferronlandia (isn’t this just a tamarind margarita? NO, shut up.)
 
Ingredients:
Tequila (I recommend Espolon, not too expensive and high quality. You can get it at BevMo for $20)
Triple Sec
Lime
Tamarind Juice (See below for info on Tamarind)
Pico Limon (Get at Mi Tierra)
Sugar
Agave Syrup

To make:
Throw equal parts tequila, triple sec, and lime into a shaker. Triple the tamarind juice. Add agave syrup to taste. Shake it all up with a bunch of ice. Pour sugar into a low bowl and, depending on your chile tolerance, pepper with pico limon. Dip the rim of the glass into a bowl of water and dip into your pico/sugar mixture to create a rim (or half a rim). Put ice in the glass and pour in the shaker contents. Drink. Invite more happy people over.

About tamarind: Tamarind is a unique sweet and sour fruit that’s used a lot in Mexico (and other parts of the world, but that’s where I’ve had it). The fruit grows inside a brown pod and unless you’re a savage like my aunt Denise (who makes a mean margarita) you won’t go through the effort to make the pulp. If you want to make the attempt you can get a bag of pods for $2 at your local Mi Tierra market, or if you’re lazy like me, you can buy the juice for $3 also at Mi Tierra. Gringos, just say “Tienen tamarindo?” and you’ll be fine.

Got the drinking bug?
Mi Tierra: The closest one to me is on Fruitvale Ave, near E 29th.
Los Hermanos: Just a few blocks down from the Mi Tierra, on Fruitvale and E 18th. Limes  are 8 for $1 and they’ll throw in a boost of confidence!

3 Responses to “Cocktail Recipe for a Broken Heart”

  1. Reply
    Elizabeth
    September 16, 2010 at 3:09 am #

    I’m so glad you’re blogging again! Love your posts. miss you!

  2. Reply
    Viva Barrows
    September 21, 2010 at 4:55 pm #

    Yay 41st street roll dogs! What a happy bunch we are. We need team tee’s… ;)

  3. Reply
    Anava
    September 22, 2010 at 4:43 pm #

    I wish I was there!! Cocktails round two in nyc??!!

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