Let’s make a Filipino inspired margarita riff to celebrate both #CincoDeMayo and #AAPIHeritageMonth🇵🇭

If you’ve seen the #AAPI acronym floating around, it stands for Asian-American/Pacific Islander. I created a cocktail recipe inspired by my Filipino upbringing and culture. This recipe utilizes a prominent southeast-asian ingredient: Ube, a purple root vegetable similar to sweet potato but a touch sweeter. This particular flavor profile of coconut, ube, and milk reminds me of cooking ube inspired desserts with my Lola when I still lived in the Philippines. Call it a homage, of sorts, I call it delicious and nostalgic.

ingredients:

• 1½ oz | 45 ml Reposado Tequila

• ½ oz | 15 ml Fresh Lime Juice

• ½ oz | 15 ml Agave Syrup (1:1)

• ½ oz | 15 ml Coconut Cream

• 1 oz | 30 ml Ube Evaporated Milk

• Ube Dust Garnish

• Shaved Coconut Garnish

tools:

• Shaking Tin

• Jigger

• Barspoon

• Strainer

• Fine Strainer

• Collins Glass

• Rocks Glass

• Collins Ice Mold (optional)

instructions:

Combine ingredients (except garnishes) in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain over pebble ice in a rocks glass. Garnish with a dusting of Ube powder and shaved coconut . Serve and enjoy.

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