Tommy’s Margarita Recipe

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This balanced-yet-tart margarita on the rocks is beloved by bartenders everywhere. In this video, we show you how to easily make a Tommy’s Margarita. After a few hard shakes in a drink shaker, the agave nectar and lime juice brings the best out of the tequila’s flavor.

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00:00This is the margarita for people who actually like the taste of tequila.

00:03The Tommy's Margarita is a bartender favorite.

00:06And as Food & Wine's recovering bartender, I'm here to show you how to make it.

00:09First step, prepare your glass.

00:10Make sure that you're rubbing the lime on the outside of the glass

00:13and you want salt on the glass, not in the drink.

00:15A half ounce of agave nectar.

00:16Followed by fresh lime juice.

00:18Two ounces of tequila.

00:19Tommy's Mexican Restaurant kind of changed the entire game of tequila

00:23as Julio Bermejo adopted a program that only carried 100% agave tequila.

00:28The entire theory behind this is that you want a cocktail

00:31that brings out the best in the tequila and doesn't cover it up.

00:34And it is very important with this drink to make sure you have a very hard shake.

00:38Very hard shake.

00:39Fully incorporate the agave.

00:41Margaritas were traditionally blended or sometimes served up.

00:44He actually kind of popularized the idea of revisiting a margarita on the rocks.

00:48I've never had one of these before.

00:50They're freaking delicious.

00:51I'm excited.

00:52I had to stop myself from cursing there.

00:53That is so good.

00:55Right?

00:55It really is very tequila forward, but it's not too tart.

00:58It's like the most balanced margarita I've ever had.

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