Margarita Recipe

Welcome to the Margarita Recipe web page which brings you the classic margarita. The Margarita is the most common tequila-based cocktail, made with tequila mixed with triple sec and lime or lemon juice, often served with salt on the glass rim.

The Classic

1 ounce tequila
Dash of Triple Sec
Juice of 1/2 lime or lemon

Pour over crushed ice, stir. Rub the rim of a stem glass with rind of lemon or lime, spin in salt—pour, and sip.

First Recipe Variation

1 lime, cut into wedges
Coarse or kosher salt
1 (6 ounce) can frozen lime concentrate
3/4 cup tequila
6 tablespoons Triple Sec
1 (12 ounce) can lemon-lime or grapefruit soda
3 to 4 cup ice cubes
Lime twist for garnish
Lime peel for garnish

Rub rim of each cocktail glass with lime wedge; swirl glass in salt to coat rim. Combine half of each of the remaining ingredients, except garnishes, in blender container; blend until ice is finely chopped and mixture is slushy. Pour into salt-rimmed glasses. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Garnish, if desired

Another Recipe Variation

1 1/4 ounce Cuervo 1800
1/2 ounce Cointreau
1/2 ounce Grand Marnier
1 1/2 ounce Freshly squeezed lime juice
4 ounces Sweet and Sour Mix
1/2 ounce Simple Syrup
Garnish: Lime wedge and olive spear

Add ingredients then ice to the mixing container then top it with a strainer. Serve in a cocktail glass, having first salted the rim.

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