Best End of Summer Snacks & Drinks

We’ve teamed up with Patrón Tequila for an end-of-summer lineup you received’t need to miss (psst: there are cocktails concerned). Their handcrafted tequilas—like easy Patrón Reposado—make for extremely sippable drinks that’ll provide help to savor the season.

The tip of summer season is upon us (doesn’t it appear to go by extra shortly yearly?). And whereas the times are nonetheless lengthy and the climate’s nonetheless heat, we are able to’t consider a greater time to go outdoors for a barbecue or throw a last-minute banquet. With just some good recipes for easy, grillable dishes (meaty and vegetarian!) and little- or no-cooking-required salads, the meals’s lined and you’ll take into consideration the drinks.

To us, nothing pays homage to the dog-days of summer season like a chilly, bubbly paloma. You could possibly go basic, in fact: usually simply grapefruit soda, lime, and tequila (I like to make use of a easy, citrusy reposado just like the one from Patrón), over ice in a salt-rimmed glass. However on these slow-to-start evenings it’s additionally enjoyable to spend somewhat extra time on artistic drinks. Take a while earlier than the celebration begins to combine collectively a easy syrup with recent fruit or herbs—like raspberry, ginger, or sage, to call a couple of—to additional taste your cocktail whereas including sweetness. I’d advocate making a double batch in your subsequent pleased hour or a fast weeknight cocktail, because the syrup will final for weeks within the fridge.

1. Honey-Habanero Paloma

Drink up all of the end-of-summer solar throughout the day, then add a lil’ kick to your night with this spicy-sweet Honey-Habanero Paloma. When you can’t discover Bitterman’s Hellfire Habanero Shrub, which acts as a foil to the recent agave notes within the Patrón Reposado, attempt a couple of dashes of your favourite vinegar-based sizzling sauce.

2. Raspberry-Rose Paloma

This candy, floral cocktail is ideal for cheers-ing to summer season’s final days. Be light-handed with the rosewater to maintain the drink aromatic, not soapy, in addition to play off the flippantly floral reposado. Sizzling tip: Make extras of that recent raspberry syrup—it’s simply dreamy in different drinks, from lemonade to a gin and tonic.

3. Santa Fe Sage

The Santa Fe Sage type of appears like a late-summer sundown, so why not combine one up for a chill pleased hour (or hey, how a couple of pitcher?). Begin with a aromatic sage syrup, then shake with Roca Patrón Reposado Tequila and orange bitters. The recipe makes additional syrup, so it’s easy to prep for a crowd.

4. Ginger Satan

A riff on a basic cocktail from the Forties, this Ginger Satan makes use of Roca Patrón Silver tequila and a spiced ginger syrup. With creme de cassis and ginger beer to high issues off, the drink will whet your urge for food for fall with out feeling misplaced on the finish of the summer season.

6. Tacos Norteños With Chunky Guacamole

Ship off barbecue season with a bang—or in meals phrases, these tacos norteños. With a tacky skillet filling and chunky guacamole, all you want is corn tortillas and a great cocktail to have a very wonderful dinner.

5. Longhorn Tequila Wings

For individuals who simply can’t get sufficient reposado tequila, attempt marinating hen wings in it. These spicy wings pack a punch, so load up the remainder of your plate with salads and dips to chill off.

6. Pita Chip Dinner Salad With Stone Fruit & Chickpeas

Whether or not you need to serve this stone fruit salad as a essential dish or add it to a ramification of sides and grilled meat, everybody on the celebration might be going again for seconds of this summery dish. It goes particularly properly with a spicy drink (taking a look at you, Honey-Habanero Paloma.)

7. Grilled Zucchini With Large Beans, Kale & Mustard French dressing

On the finish of the summer season, zucchini is greater than plentiful, so hit the market to refill on summer season squash. Give it a great grill, then toss it in tangy French dressing with huge white beans and kale. It’s one other vegetarian dish that’s simply as welcome as a essential as it’s alongside different bites.

8. No-Mayo Peperonata Pasta Salad

We will’t say so-long to summer season with out a pasta salad. However as a substitute of the mayo-laden ones that may’t sit out for very lengthy, this peperonata-inspired quantity is made with candy sauteed peppers and onions and briny capers. Let it cool to room temperature (and even serve it chilly for those who’d like), then add cheese earlier than serving,

9. Grilled Tofu Cabbage Cups With Garlicky Yogurt

Talking of vegetarian mains, are you grilling tofu but? Summer time’s virtually over, so the time is now! You could possibly eat these grilled tofu cabbage cups with one hand, leaving the opposite one free for sipping your cocktail (simply saying).

Our pals at Patrón Tequila have been distilling their one hundred pc Blue Weber Agave tequilas in Jalisco, Mexico for over 30 years. Every considered one of their handcrafted tequilas begins with high-quality uncooked components—from easy, citrusy Patrón Silver to ultra-sippable, oak barrel-aged Patrón Añejo. So as to add flavorful depth to your subsequent cocktail, snag a bottle of Patrón at a retailer close to you.