Aztec Mule Recipe

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Aztec Mule Recipe

Created by: Rakshit Khurana, Beverage Training Manager, MMI Bar Academy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Recipe:

  • 2 ounces Montelobos mezcal
  • 1 ounce blueberry-ginger shrub (see recipe page 00)
  • 3 ounces Fever-Tree ginger beer

Directions:

  1. Pour ingredients in a copper mug, over ice.
  2. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

Blueberry-Ginger Shrub:

  • 3 ounces pureed blueberries, with pulp
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 ounce fresh squeezed ginger juice
  • 1 3/4 ounces apple cider vinegar

Mix all ingredients, seal, and sous vide at 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) for 45 minutes. Filter through a cheesecloth and make sure to squeeze the blueberry pulp to extract maximum juice before discarding the pulp.

Inspiration:

The Aztec Mule was inspired by the long-standing traditional American drink, the Switchel, which originated in the Caribbean in the 17th century, and served as a cooling drink in the sweltering heat. A Switchel is traditionally made with ginger, sweetener, apple cider vinegar and lengthened with water. I needed something potent in taste to match the power of ginger in the mule, so I chose mezcal. The choice of spirit was also inspired by the rising popularity of mezcal, which is why I called it the Aztec Mule. Finally, I chose to use Fever-Tree ginger beer, because of its all natural ingredients, and because one of the locations where they source their ginger is Kochi, in India, which is my home country and has a special place in my heart.

Rakshit Khurana

Rakshit Khurana

Rakshit is the Beverage Training Manager at the MMI Bar Academy in Dubai. He began his career working as a barback in his home country of India, and has been associated with the world of hospitality ever since. His work has given him the opportunity to travel to all seven continents, and make friends across the world over the past12 years. He has been educating and training hospitality personnel for over four years now, and has represented most of the major league liquor companies during this time, previously in India and now in the United Arab Emirates and Africa.