Vampiro: The perfect morning-after cocktail
This concoction will cure even “the mother of all hangovers.”
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Every year, bartenders and spirits lovers descend on New Orleans for the Tales of the Cocktail conference, said Jason Wilson in The Washington Post. This year I spent five days swapping recipes and sampling wares, then awoke with “the mother of all hangovers.” Fortunately, fellow scribbler Wayne Curtis shared this recipe for a morning-after cure.
Ice
2½ ounces tomato juice
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1 oz freshly squeezed orange juice
1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
1 oz silver tequila
1 tsp honey
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1 tbsp finely chopped onion
3 thin crosswise-cut slices hot chili pepper, such as jalapeño
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
Salt
Fill highball glass with ice. Combine the three juices, tequila, honey, onion, pepper slices, Worcestershire sauce, salt to taste in cocktail shaker. Add ice, shake vigorously, then pour (strained) into glass.
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