With Valentine’s Day approaching here  are a few cocktail recipes from Jose Cuervo designed to make your romantic times truly  memorable. Find full recipes for each cocktail below, but here are highlights of each cocktail. They are sure to make your date night or Valentine’s Day themed party extra special.

• The Cupid Cuervo is a spin on the classic Negroni, using Tequila, strawberries, limes, and a punched out orange heart.
• Roses at Dusks riles up the senses with rose, pear, nutmeg, and tequila flavors.
• The Plata Spritz is a fresh and fruity cocktail that includes a unique blend of red wine syrup, grapefruit juice, and tequila!

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Roses At Dusk (above) : This cocktail is sure to rile up the senses with rose, pear, nutmeg, and tequila flavors. 
Ingredients

1. 2 oz Jose Cuervo Tradicional Tequila Plata

2. .75 oz Prickly Pear Purée Infused with Rose Buds

3. .75 oz Fresh Lime Juice

4. .5 oz Organic Sugar Cane Simple Syrup

5. Optional: 1 oz Aquafaba or Egg White

Glass: Coupe Glass

Garnish: Rose Petals and Nutmeg

Cocktail Preparation: Add all of the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake and strain into a coupe glass.

Prickly Pear Purée Preparation: Mix 30 mg of dry rose buds and 500 ml of prickly pear purée. Let it rest for 3 hours in the refrigerator. Strain and use. Alternatively, you can swap for either a prickly pear and rose liqueur, or a pomegranate cordial and grenadine syrup.

Cupid Cuervo: This spin on the classic Negroni uses Tequila, strawberries, limes, and a punched out orange heart.
Ingredients

1. 1.5 oz Jose Cuervo Tradicional Plata Tequila

2. 1 oz Italian aperitif

3. 1 oz Blanc vermouth

4. 1 Strawberry

5. 1 Lime wedge

Glass: Rocks

Garnish: Orange twist with a heart punched out

Cocktail Preparation: Muddle the strawberry and lime wedge in a mixing glass. Add the remaining ingredients and fill with ice. Stir, and strain into a rocks glass filled with one large ice cube. Garnish with an orange twist with a heart punched out.

Plata Spritz: Fresh and fruity, this cocktail excites with red wine syrup, grapefruit juice, and tequila!
Ingredients

1. 1 oz Jose Cuervo Tradicional Plata Tequila

2. .75 oz Red Wine Syrup

3. .25 oz Grapefruit juice

4. 2 oz Sparkling wine

5. 1 oz Soda water

Garnish: Grapefruit twist and 2 slices of strawberry

Cocktail Preparation: Add all of the ingredients to a wine glass filled with ice. Stir, and garnish with a grapefruit twist and two strawberry slices.

Red Wine Syrup Preparation: Add red wine to a small pot along with sugar, orange juice, and orange peels. Bring up to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat to a low simmer and let wine reduce uncovered for about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Once reduced to desired thickness, remove from heat, let cool before using.

Ingredients for Home: 1.5 cup red wine, 4 oz raw cane sugar, 1 oz orange juice, 3 orange peels. Yield: 1 cup