The Illegal cocktail is a delicious Mezcal-based cocktail. It takes quite some ingredients to mix this complex drink which makes it so well-balanced. The Illegal cocktail can be served in one of two ways: 1. straight up (no ice) in a chilled cocktail glass or 2. on the rocks (over ice) in a traditional clay or terracotta mug.
INGREDIENTS
- 30 ml / 1 oz. Mezcal
- 15 ml/ ½ oz. Jamaika overproof Rum
- 15 ml/ ½ oz. Falernum
- 1 barspoon marschino liqueur
- 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly sqeezed lime juice
- 15 ml/ ½ oz. simple syrup
- few drops of egg white (optional)
METHOD
- Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
- Strain into chilled cocktail glass, or “on the rocks” into a traditional clay or terracotta mug.
SHOPPING LIST
- Mezcal | USA | UK | Germany
- Rum | USA | UK* | Germany*
- Falernum | USA | UK* | Germany*
- Maraschino liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
- Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
- Clay pot | USA* | UK* | Germany*