Ranch Water Pitcher

Name: Ranch Water Pitcher
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8 drinks
Ingredients: 1.5 cups blanco tequila (360 ml); 0.75 cup fresh lime juice (180 ml); 5 cups very cold sparkling mineral water (1.2 L); coarse salt, lime wedges, ice

Ranch water is a Texas habit of tequila, lime and sparkling mineral water, and it is a very good match for smoky food: nothing sweet, nothing heavy, just cold and sharp. The mix keeps well in a pitcher and the water goes in last, so the fizz stays.

8 drinksYield

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What you'll need

1.5 cups blanco tequila (360 ml)
0.75 cup fresh lime juice (180 ml)
5 cups very cold sparkling mineral water (1.2 L)
coarse salt, lime wedges, ice

How to make it

Stir the tequila and lime juice together in a pitcher. Chill.
Rub a lime wedge around each glass and dip it in salt. Fill with ice.
Pour in about 1/3 cup of the base and top with 2/3 cup mineral water.
Glass: Tall glasses with a salted rim. Garnish: A lime wedge.

Chef's secrets

A strongly carbonated mineral water keeps the drink lively.

A pinch of salt in the mix lifts the lime.

Good to know

Make ahead

The tequila-lime base keeps a day in the fridge.