Hangovers are sort of like opinions. Every drinker ends up having one at some point, and nearly everyone feels the need to share its story, even if the story is simply, “I never should have had that last shot of (fill in the blank) last night.”
This spicy morning-after cocktail was featured on the last day of the 2009 Tales of the Cocktail conference in New Orleans, at a session called “Paying the Piper: Your Hangover and You.”
Created by Wayne Curtis of the Atlantic and John Myers of the Grill Room in Portland, Maine; adapted from “Stir Your Soul: Tales of the Cocktail Recipe Book” (Mud Puddle Books, 2009).
Vampiro
Ingredients 1 serving
– 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
– 1 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
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– 2 1/2 ounces tomato juice
– 1 ounce silver tequila
– 1 teaspoon honey
– 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
– 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
– 3 thin crosswise-cut slices hot chili pepper, such as jalapeno
– Salt
Directions
– Fill a highball glass with ice.
– Combine the three juices, tequila, honey, onion, pepper slices, Worcestershire sauce and salt to taste in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously, then pour (strained) into the glass.