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Nixta - Liqueur de Elote
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Corn-based liqueur made from ancestral Mexican corn (elote) from Jilotepec, featuring sweet roasted corn flavors
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About this liqueur
Elote Nocturno
Ingredients
- 45 ml Nixta Liqueur de Elote
- 30 ml aged mezcal
- 20 ml fresh lime juice
- 15 ml agave nectar
- 10 ml Luxardo maraschino liqueur
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 dash Xocolatl mole bitters Pinch of Tajín seasoning Ice (large cube and crushed)
Method
- Fill a mixing glass with large ice cubes
- Add Nixta Liqueur de Elote, aged mezcal, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, agave nectar, and fresh lime juice
- Add both bitters
- Stir for 12-15 seconds until properly chilled and diluted
- Strain into a chilled coupe glass filled with crushed ice
- Top with additional crushed ice to create a small mound
Serve
Glass: Nick and Nora coupe glass, pre-chilled to -5°C
Garnish: Thin charred corn husk ribbon (approximately 8cm long, lightly torched with a kitchen torch until darkened), positioned vertically through the crushed ice mound; dried corn silk arranged decoratively on top; Tajín seasoning dusted along the inner rim of the glass in a fine line
Presentation: Serve with a small silver spoon resting on the rim; present the cocktail with the garnish already in place and the crushed ice properly settled

