I came up with this cocktail about a year ago, early in my love affair with Altos Tequila, during a late night with friends and I was free styling new cocktail recipes. Not long before, I had discovered a book called Beta Cocktails by Kirk Estopinal of Cure in New Orleans and Maksym Pazuniak. Beta Cocktails is a self-published book you can buy on blurb.com, and is one of the most dog-eared and post-it tagged in our library, a beloved treasure in our collection of cocktail books.
It was in this book that I discovered the Campari “Martini” – a simple martini made with Campari and saline solution. This cocktail Blew. My. Mind. It was also the time that I was understanding how martinis work: that they are like prisms and the vodka pulls apart flavor and makes each independent aromatic more distinct. SO – in comes Altos Plata Tequila. A gorgeous silver tequila that has a nice clarity, a clean taste of agave, and all that minerality that I love so much. In short, it is a savory tequila. Enter bitter aperitifs – the tequila in this martini is the prism, and pulls apart all those gorgeous aromatics found in a well-made bitters product. Add a few drops of saline solution, and a few drops of hops distillate to add a spicy vegetal note to the cocktail and you have La Jefa – which means Boss Lady in Spanish. This cocktail is a stunningly beautiful lady - but she is strong and powerful - lest you forget who is the boss.
The great thing about martinis is that you can prepare them one off or you can batch them and serve them in a classy martini pitcher. Below are the proportions for both the batched version and the singular serving – because I know you are going to want to share this cocktail with friends.
I hope you enjoy this cocktail as much as I do, I’m starting to think that this is my new Spirit Cocktail (is that a thing?). Anyway…. It’s damn delicious, and it is a lovely martini variation for summer entertaining.
La Jefa
Created by Gastronomista
Serves 1
3 oz Altos Plata Tequila
1 oz Bitter Aperitif
2 drops Hops Distillate
2 drops Saline Solution (1 Cup Water to 1 Tablespoon Salt)
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail coupe
La Jefa – Batched
Makes 5 Martinis
15 oz Altos Plata Tequila
5 oz Bitter Aperitif
1 Barspoon Hops Distillate
1 Barspoon Saline Solution
2 oz Chilled Water
Stir and chill in the refrigerator prior to serving.
Styling Notes
Mixology Coupes - Waterford
Martini Pitcher - Waterford
Seamless Gold Jigger - Parched Penguin
Gold Bar Spoon - Parched Penguin
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