Galaxy Margarita
The Galaxy Margarita is a layered spin on a classic margarita, but with purple tequila that's infused with butterfly pea flowers. Optional edible glitter gives it some extra sparkle!
Servings: 1 cocktail
Calories: 187kcal
Equipment
- Cocktail serving glass
- Ice mallet and Lewis bag or other ice crusher (optional) (if you want to use crushed ice)
- Knife and cutting board (if using fresh lime)
- Citrus juicer (if using fresh lime)
- Bar spoon (for gently stirring in the tequila)
- Mason jar or resealable glass container (for butterfly pea tequila)
- Strainer (for butterfly pea tequila)
- Funnel (for butterfly pea tequila)
- Clean resealable glass storage bottle (for butterfly pea tequila)
Ingredients
Butterfly Pea Tequila
- 8 ounces tequila blanco
- ¼ cup dried butterfly pea flowers
Garnish (optional)
- 1 slice lime
- fine grain salt (use Himalayan pink salt for a little more color)
- ¼ teaspoon edible glitter
Cocktail
- 1 ounce lime juice
- ½ ounce simple syrup (or agave nectar)
- ½ ounce Cointreau (or triple sec)
- 1½ ounces butterfly pea-infused tequila (linked to a more detailed recipe)
Instructions
Butterfly Pea Tequila
- Mix the tequila and butterfly pea flowers in a sealed jar and let them sit for about 20 minutes, or until it gets to the color you like. Shake occassionally.
- Strain out the butterfly pea flowers and bottle the tequila in a resealable glass container.
Cocktail
- Use water or a cut lime to wet half of the rim of your cocktail glass.
- Add the salt to a small dish and dip the wet side of the rim of the glass into the salt so it sticks.
- Cut a small slit in the side of your lime slice so it will fit on the glass rim later.
- If you want to use crushed ice, use the lewis bag and mallet to crush the ice and set it aside, still in the bag.
- Add the lime juice, simple syrup and Cointreau to a cocktail shaker.
- Fill the shaker with ice and shake vigorously, about 15-20 shakes.
- Fill your cocktail glass with the crushed ice (or regular if you don't have crushed).
- Strain the drink into the glass.
- Pour the tequila on top of the drink to create a dark purple layer on top.
- Optionally add some edible glitter to the drink.
- Gently stir the drink on the top half so that the drink becomes more of a gradient of pink to purple. (If you want, you can stir the whole thing together at this point, and it will all become a dark pink color.)
- Add the lime slice to the rim of the glass, and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 187kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 47mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 14IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 1mg