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
- Use a shaker top to crush the watermelon in the bottom of a pint glass.
- Fill the glass up with ice and add the rest of the ingredients. S
- hake vigorously for five to ten seconds.
- Rim a margarita glass with salt and fill it with ice.
- 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
- Combine chili powder and lime zest on a shallow plate.
- Rim the glass using the chili combination for the dry, and a lime wedge for the wet. I
- n a large measuring cup, combine orange juice, mango nectar, agave nectar, tequila and lime juice, then stir.
- Distribute evenly into your rimmed glasses.
- 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
- Zest ½ a grapefruit and mix together with 1 tbsp salt.
- Wet the rim of a glass with a slice of lime and rim in the grapefruit salt.
- Fill glass with ice.
- Shake remaining ingredients together and strain over ice.
- 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
- Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well.
- 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
- Stir tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, and simple syrup together in a pitcher and add jalapeño pepper and thin cucumber slices.
- Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
- Run a wedge of lime along the rim of each of four pint glasses.
- Spread kosher salt onto a flat plate; press glass rims into salt to coat.
- Fill glasses with ice and pour margarita over the ice. Garnish with cucumber slices and enjoy!
And those are our Top 5 margarita recipes!
For those who don’t prefer alcohol or kiddos, for Virgin margarita quick fix could be a non alcoholic margarita in the can. 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!