Go Back
–+ servings
mezcal sour, day of the dead cocktail, drink food photography

Easy Mezcal Sour Recipe

by Lola Dweck
Shake up the best mezcal sour cocktail at home! Discover how smoky mezcal, fresh citrus juice, and floral orange blossom water create a masterpiece.
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
5 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 2
Calories 187 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 4 ounces blood orange juice preferable freshly squeezed
  • 4 ounces orange juice preferably freshly squeezed from Valencia oranges
  • 1 key lime juice only
  • 2 ounces mezcal
  • ½ teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
  • ⅛ teaspoon orange blossom water
  • 2 Nellie’s Free Range Eggs separate and keep egg whites
  • Dried orange peels and coarse sugar for garnish (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Add citrus juices, alcohol, vanilla extract, orange blossom water, and egg whites to a cocktail shaker. Shake with no ice for 30 seconds. Add ice and shake an additional 30 seconds or until completely chilled.
  • Strain equal amounts of the mixture into two glasses and top off with egg white foam, which will pour out of the shaker after the citrus juices.
  • Garnish with a slice of dried orange peel dipped in water and coarse sugar. ¡Salud!

Nutrition

Serving: 8ouncesCalories: 187kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 164mgSodium: 64mgPotassium: 307mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 472IUVitamin C: 61mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 1mg
187
LOVE THIS RECIPE?Leave a comment below or tag me on social media @lolascoina