Contest entry: Basilador

So...the USBG was having a contest for Ohio members to create a recipe for Tequilador Blanco or Tequilador Reposado to be distributed in little recipe booklets with the tequilas.  I haven't heard anything since the deadline (which wasn't too long ago, so I don't know when results are going to happen Edit:  Basilador was picked!  The recipes will have a QR code with them so that people can go to a video of each cocktail being made (embedded in this entry below!).  I'll be going to Cleveland at some point in December to be filmed making it so I'm not sure how mine came out.  I love the drink, and I've gotten some nice feedback on it.  The name may be a little misleading, as there's not an overwhelming basil flavor to it, but it seemed cute and clever and better than anything else I could think of at the time...ha 

Basilador
Glass:  Large cocktail
Method: Muddle, Shake and Strain
Garnish: Grape spiral/basil sprig


Ingredients:
5 each green grapes
3 each Basil leaves
1.5 oz Tequilador Blanco tequila
.5 oz Cointreau
1.5 oz Simple syrup
2 oz Fresh lime juice


Muddle grapes and basil leaves with a little simple syrup.  Add remaining ingredients and shake with ice.  Strain into a large cocktail glass and garnish.


To make garnish:
I wish I had a video camera for this one.  Take a green grape and use a paring knife to cut the grape into a spiral.  Wrap spiral around basil sprig, and use a fruit pick to secure.

And now, my awkward first time in front of a camera making a cocktail: