#SIMPLE MARGARITA RECIPE FULL#

Same store brand, bought at different times. Below is a picture of limes from 2 bags of limes. How much juice do you need? Just 1 if you're making cocktails for 2. I sometimes use bottled lime juice for convenience in cooking, but it doesn't belong in this drink. Anything bottled will contain preservatives that will give the drink an off taste. Lime juice: use fresh stuff here, as it's a major component of the drink.

In a pinch, you can add an equivalent amount of orange juice instead of either liquor, but you will need to adjust the sweetness to taste (usually by adding extra syrup or sugar). However, it is expensive, so you can use triple sec try not to use super-cheap bottom-shelf bottle. Cointreau is higher-end and consistently good quality. Just need sugar and ice, and we're ready to go.Ĭointreau: you need an orangey citrus for a margarita. Only use silver tequila - anything gold or aged will interfere with the citrus. Using a decent, mid-range tequila instead of a bottom-shelf bottle, makes a difference. Now, I like it in margaritas (and palomas, which are grapefruit). Tequila: I spent many years not liking tequila (for the reasons you might associate with college parties). You're having a cocktail save that much sugar for dessert. Remember - it's seriously artificial and too sweet. You just need 4 basic ingredients: tequila, an orange liqueur, lime juice, and a sweetener (to balance the lime juice).

Margaritas can be done well, or done poorly. But read on - I have an actual recipe for you as well. I simply juice my limes to see how much juice I have, and add the right amount of ingredients from there. I've scaled this recipe down a bit, but I keep the same ratios. So he looked up several recipes, wrote the ingredients in a grid to compare amounts, and settled on this recipe, written on a manila folder for safekeeping. Kate's dad, Ron, had lost the recipe that he liked. Then they completely stopped drinking alcohol while we were under 21.' My aunt and uncle have described how he would put ice in the blender to crush it for the drinks. 'Apparently before they had kids, my dad was quite the margarita maker. It makes me laugh too! Although, a pitcher of margaritas sounds perfect for an evening with friends, don't you think? That's 4 shots of tequila per person, and my parents rarely drink.' My dad has it written on a manila file folder. I don't drink a lot of margaritas, but about 5 years ago, my friend Kate noted that her dad 'makes a killer margarita,' and of course, we all had to get the recipe. Interestingly, margarita means daisy in Spanish (per Difford's Guide).Īnother interesting tidbit: the world's first frozen margarita machine was invented in 1971 (per Smithsonian magazine's history of the margarita). Related drinks are sours (like a daiquiri, which is rum, lime juice, and sugar), and daisies, which are mixed drinks with orange liqueur and citrus. ( Wikipedia cites several claims of invention, of course.) By 1945, Jose Cuervo was using a margarita recipe to advertise its tequila. Generally, it seems that the margarita was developed in the 1930s in Mexico. Just like many other cocktails, many people lay claim to inventing the margarita. Save all that super-sweet stuff for another time.

#SIMPLE MARGARITA RECIPE FULL#

When you make a real, fresh margarita, you don't end up full and bloated and gross-feeling. In fact, they're more refreshing if they're not! Margaritas don't have to be super-sweet or frozen. If you've only had a slushy margarita made from a mix, you are missing out. Just 4 ingredients - tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and simple syrup (or sugar), over ice. This margarita recipe proves that simple = delicious.

Simple margarita recipe