Barbacoa from Rivera in L.A.

A Sexy, Smokey Cocktail

Barbacoa Recipe:

½ ounce lemon or lime juice
½ ounce homemade ginger syrup* (recipe follows)
¾ ounce simple syrup
½ teaspoon chipotle puree (canned chipotle is easiest to puree)
3 small lime pieces
3 small slices red bell pepper
2 ounces Mezcal
Beef jerky

*Ginger syrup: Juiced ginger is the most accurate way to make the syrup, but you can blend ginger if you don’t have a juicer. Add 2 parts water and sugar (50-50) to 1 part ginger juice.

Muddle first 6 ingredients. Add mezcal, shake and pour into rocks glass. Garnish with additional lime, bell pepper and the beef jerky.

More recipes from Rivera’s Julian Cox HERE

(Source: jasonz)