Classic El Diablo

By Rebekah Peppler

Published March 15, 2022

  • Sang An for The New York Times. Food Stylist; Simon Andrews.
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Bright, bubbly and refreshing to drink, the El Diablo combines tequila with rich, sweetly acidic crème de cassis, fresh lime juice and sharply spiced ginger beer. To ensure a balanced cocktail, use a ginger beer with a low sugar content rather than a more sugar-forward ginger ale.

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Ingredients

Yield:1 drink

  • Ice

  • 1 ½ ounces reposado tequila

  • ¾ ounce fresh lime juice

  • ½ ounce crème de cassis

  • 2 to 3 ounces ginger beer

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Nutritional analysis per serving

15 grams carbs; 175 calories; 7 milligrams sodium; 12 grams sugar

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In an ice-filled shaker, combine the tequila, lime juice and crème de cassis. Shake until well chilled. Fill a Collins glass with ice, strain the cocktail into the glass and top with ginger beer.

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Betsy

Refreshing warm-weather drink. Made it with Cassis Noir de Bourgogne (not sure if that's a type of creme de cassis or some other cassis liqueur). Q brand ginger beer is bracing and not too sweet for this.

Miyuki

Tempted to try so I bought a cocktail shaker at the first time in my life to make it. It gave me uplifting time to prepare everything, both taste and appearance are beautiful.

good sub for ginger beer

We didn’t have ginger beer so I added 1/2 oz of cantons ginger liqueur and topped it with pellegrino! This was a hit. 🤩

Miyuki

Tempted to try so I bought a cocktail shaker at the first time in my life to make it. It gave me uplifting time to prepare everything, both taste and appearance are beautiful.

Betsy

Refreshing warm-weather drink. Made it with Cassis Noir de Bourgogne (not sure if that's a type of creme de cassis or some other cassis liqueur). Q brand ginger beer is bracing and not too sweet for this.

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