Margarita Cocktail Recipe
The Margarita is a cocktail so delicious, it could make even the most jaded of souls smile. It is a drink of sunshine and tequila, with a hint of lime to brighten the day.
Servings: 1
Equipment
- 1 juicer (a handheld juicer is perfect for this)
- 1 cocktail shaker
- 1 rocks glass, chilled
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Tequila Blanco (Silver Tequila)
- 1 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed
- ½ ounce Cointreau
- ½ ounce agave syrup
Garnishes
- lime wheel
- kosher salt
Instructions
- Rub a lime over the rim of a rocks glass, then dip it in a plate of kosher salt. Add a handful of ice cubes and set aside.
- Add tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and simple / agave syrup to a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and shake until well-chilled.
- Strain into the rocks glass.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
Notes
If I'm mixing drinks at home, I almost always substitute Cointreau for fancy Triple Sec, and truly fancy people will use Grand Marnier instead. The important thing is that you don't use sour mix.
I personally also skip the syrup altogether for a tarter concoction. Skipping the syrup will also make is slightly lower in sugar and calories (it's still a sugar bomb, don't fool yourself), and skipping the salt rim would make it lower in sodium and therefore heart healthy.
Here are a few cocktail making tools that might come in handy for this margarita recipe.
- I received this juicer as a gift and absolutely love it, especially if I need to juice enough limes for a pitcher of margaritas.
- On the other hand, if you're only juicing one or two limes, a handheld juicer is easier to deal with.