Celebrate National Margarita Day With 5 Refreshing Margarita Recipes

Margaritas are arguably the lushest and popular of all tequila-based cocktails. And they’re popular for good reason! But they don’t just come in the lime variety, my thirsty amigos. Margaritas have many versatile, fiesta-inducing flavors. And in honor of National Margarita Day, we’ve picked out 5 of our favorites. Try one (or a few) of the recipes and we bet you and your party guests will be quite impressed.

Watermelon Rita

Ingredients

• 2 oz of silver tequila
• 1 oz of fresh lime juice
• 1 oz of simple syrup
• Dash of Cointreau
• Coarse sea salt (optional)

Directions

1. Use a shaker top to crush the watermelon in the bottom of a pint glass.
2. Fill the glass up with ice and add the rest of the ingredients. S
3. hake vigorously for five to ten seconds.
4. Rim a margarita glass with salt and fill it with ice.
5. Strain the mixture into the glass and garnish with a small watermelon wedge.

Mango Orange Margarita 

(makes 2)

Ingredients

• 2 oz silver tequila
• ¾ cup orange juice
• ¾ cup mango nectar
• 1 tbsp agave nectar
• 2 tbsp lime juice
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 2 tsp lime zest
• 2 lime wedges

Directions

1. Combine chili powder and lime zest on a shallow plate.
2. Rim the glass using the chili combination for the dry, and a lime wedge for the wet. I
3. n a large measuring cup, combine orange juice, mango nectar, agave nectar, tequila and lime juice, then stir.
4. Distribute evenly into your rimmed glasses.
5. Add ice and garnish each with a lime wedge.

Raspberry Grapefruit Margarita

Ingredients

• 2 oz 100% Agave Silver Tequila
• 2 oz fresh grapefruit juice
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 tbsp raspberry jam

Garnish:
Grapefruit salt
Fresh raspberries
Sliced lime
Sliced grapefruit

Directions

1. Zest ½ a grapefruit and mix together with 1 tbsp salt.
2. Wet the rim of a glass with a slice of lime and rim in the grapefruit salt.
3. Fill glass with ice.
4. Shake remaining ingredients together and strain over ice.
5. Garnish with fresh raspberries, a slice of lime, and a slice of grapefruit.

Blue Catalina Margarita

Ingredients

• 1½ oz tequila
• 1 oz peach schnapps
• 1 oz blue curacao
• ½ oz fresh sour mix

Directions

1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well.
2. Strain into a chilled margarita glass.

Jalapeño and Cucumber Margarita

(Serves 4)

Ingredients

• ½ cup tequila, or more to taste
• ¼ cup orange liqueur
• ½ cup fresh lime juice
• ¼ cup simple syrup1 jalapeño pepper, halved and seeded
• 4 thin slices cucumber
• 4 wedges lime
• 2 tbsp kosher salt
• 4 slices cucumber

Directions

1. Stir tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, and simple syrup together in a pitcher and add jalapeño pepper and thin cucumber slices.
2. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
3. Run a wedge of lime along the rim of each of four pint glasses.
4. Spread kosher salt onto a flat plate; press glass rims into salt to coat.
5. Fill glasses with ice and pour margarita over the ice. Garnish with cucumber slices and enjoy!

And those are our Top 5 margarita recipes!

But the secret to a perfect margarita is great tequila. If you want a suggestion, be sure to pop into your local Spec’s and ask our spirits experts for their tequila recommendations.

Adiós, amigos!