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This super simple cocktail is salty, citrusy, and smoky, what more could you ask for?
Recipe Card
For the Marigold Syrup
ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup dried marigold flowers
For the Margarita
ingredients
- Sea salt
- 3-4 dried marigold flowers
- 2 limes
- 1/4 cup mezcal
- 2 tablespoons marigold syrup, recipe below
Method
Step 1
To make the marigold syrup: Combine the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Once boiling, remove from heat, stir in flowers, cover and let steep at least 15 minutes but up to 2 hours.
Step 2
To make the margarita: Pour about 1/4 cup of salt on a shallow dish. Crumble 2 marigold flowers into salt and then rub the salt and flowers together.
Step 3
Cut lime in half. Take one lime half and cut into thick slices. Rub one lime slice around the edge of a rocks glass. Dip the rim of the glass into the marigold salt and fill the glass with ice.
Step 4
Fill a shaker with ice. Squeeze the remaining 3 lime wedges into the shaker, add mezcal and syrup. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into prepared glass and garnish with crumbled marigold flower and a lime wedge.