Like my Queso Compuesto post, I’ll keep it brief, but I want to intro this recipe with a little background. Never, before I moved to Austin, Texas, had I heard of, let alone sipped on a Mexican Martini. Basically, it is as if a Margarita took a Martini on an adventure and they got a little tipsy together. I believe it would have looked a little like my illustration:

So now that you’ve got an idea about the drink, here ya go!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce Cointreau liqueur
• 1 -2 ounces Grand Marnier
• 1 ounce orange juice
• juice of 1/2 lime
• optional: simple syrup to taste
• splash of green olive brine
• green olives for garnish

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients besides olives in a shaker over ice and shake.
2. Serve over ice in martini glasses rimmed with salt.
3. Garnish with a toothpick of 3-5 stuffed olives depending on their size.