Strawberry MSG Smash!

Strawberry MSG Smash!

Salt belongs in a cocktail, and bartenders have known it for years. Jugaad It! takes this idea even further...

Salt, sugar, and MSG all dissolve, so a quarter teaspoon disappears into the shaker rather than settling into grit at the bottom of your glass. Salt pushes the strawberry forward. Sugar softens the lime. MSG gives a drink made of fruit and herbs something savoury to sit on.

Luna Nueva Blanco brings highland and lowland agave together, double-distilled in copper pot stills. Spearmint and lemongrass run through it, which puts you halfway to the basil already!

This cocktail is directly from our friends at Luna Nueva, and we can't get enough of it. 

  • Ingredients

    2 oz Luna Nueva Blanco Tequila
    2 strawberries, quartered
    2 thin cucumber slices
    3–4 fresh basil leaves
    ¾ oz fresh lime juice
    ½ oz agave syrup
    ¼ tsp Spicewalla Jugaad It! plus more for garnish

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    Preparation

    This recipe makes 1 cocktail!

    1. Muddle strawberry, basil, cucumber, lime, agave and Jugaad It together.
    2. Add tequila, ice, shake vigorously and pour into a highball!
    3. Sprinkle some Jugaad to finish and enjoy!
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