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The Margarita Cocktail

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• Page 1: Margarita History
• Page 2: Margarita Facts
• Page 3: Original Margarita Recipe
• Page 3: Classic Margarita Recipe
• Page 3: Frozen Margarita Recipe
• Page 3: Non-Alcoholic Margarita Recipe

The Original Margarita Recipe

Randi Reed, editor-in-chief of the website MusicBizAdvice.com, saw Margarita Sames on a talk show in the early 1990s, and reports her original Margarita recipe and tips for making a good Margarita:

• “First, you must use a good tequila—one that is authentic, made in Jalisco, Mexico. I prefer a white tequila, not any of this gold stuff.”
• No blenders ever. Shake it or stir the drink in a pitcher. Do not strain.
• Use Cointreau, not the less expensive and less flavorful Triple Sec.
• The original Margarita recipe: 3 jiggers tequila, “or you can do 2,” 1 jigger Cointreau and 1 jigger lime juice.
  
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• Serve over ice cubes, “not those little chips.”
• “Most people over-salt their Margarita glasses. I take a piece of lime and go all around the rim of the glass with it. Then I put regular kitchen salt on a paper towel. Just put the glass down into the salt and then pick it straight up.” This works better than using a saucer or the Margarita salt container.
  

Classic Margarita Recipe

Recipe provided by Casa Herradura. Ingredients Per Cocktail 1  ounce tequila (try Herradura silver) 1 ounce Cointreau Fresh lime juice to taste Kosher salt and lime wedge for garnish Preparation Rim glass with salt. Shake other ingredients over ice and pour into a rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

The classic Margarita, rimmed with salt and served with a lime wedge.

Frozen Margarita Recipe

Recipe provided by Casa Herradura. Ingredients Per Cocktail 1  ounce tequila (try Herradura silver) 1 ounce Cointreau Fresh lime juice to taste 1/4 ounce crushed ice Sugar and lime wheel for garnish Preparation Rim a glass with sugar. Mix all other ingredients in a blender for a few minutes. Garnish with a lime wheel.   Non-Alcoholic Margarita Recipe

Chill out with a frozen margarita.

Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients

• 2 cups lime sorbet

• 1 can (12 fluid ounces) tonic water

• 1 cup ice cubes

• Coarse salt (optional)

• 4 fresh lime wheels

Preparation

1. Rim glasses with salt (dip rims into a dish of water, then into a dish of coarse or kosher salt; shake off excess salt).
2. Place sorbet, tonic water and ice in blender. Cover; blend until smooth.
3. Pour into glasses; garnish with lime wheels.

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