"Tortura Dolce" (Sweet Torture) - Um ... yes, please! (p. 113)

This is another exciting experiment from Sam Montgomery.  Never one to turn down a challenge, she was dared to create a bourbon drink for a margarita lover and the Tortura Dolce was born.  “As a margarita lover myself, I personally prefer a spicy margarita and came up with this delicious concoction.”  Like Sam, I like spicy…um…things too!  Drinks, food, men …;)

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Bardstown Fusion Series bourbon
• 1 oz cantaloupe juice
• ½ oz lemon juice
• ½ oz habanero infused honey simple syrup
• Garnish – salted (spicy optional) rim and a cantaloupe slice.

Directions:

• Add all ingredients to an ice filled shaker and shake until well chilled.
• Dip the rim of a rocks glass into the shaken ingredients.
• Then, dip the wet rim of the glass into salt (again, spicy optional).
• Fill the prepared glass with ice.
• Strain the mixed drink into the prepared glass.
• Garnish with a wedge of cantaloupe!

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Image Credit: Samantha Montgomery