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Tropic Like It's Hot

By Aleksandra Crapanzano

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Photograph of one of our best tequila cocktails Iced yellow cocktail in tall glass with pineapple garnish.
Photo by Ray Kachatorian

This pineapple and tequila cocktail from Helen Johannesen of Son of a Gun in Los Angeles is a beach party in a glass.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    1 cocktail

Ingredients

2 ounces blanco tequila
1 ½ ounces pineapple juice (preferably freshly juiced and strained)
¾ ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
¾ ounce simple syrup
2 dashes of orange bitters
1 dash of Angostura bitters (optional)
Pineapple slice, for garnish

Preparation

  1. Combine the first six ingredients in a chilled cocktail shaker. Shake and strain over fresh ice into a glass. Garnish with the pineapple slice.

Eat Cook L.A. cookbook cover with photo of person sitting, eating a fruit bowl.
Excerpted from EAT. COOK. L.A.: Recipes from the City of Angels © 2019 by Aleksandra Crapanzano. Photography by Ray Kachatorian. Reproduced by permission of Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Buy the full book from Amazon.
TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesBittersTequilaPineappleFruitLemonCitrusQuickEasy5 Ingredients or FewerCookbooks

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