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Triple the Fun: 3 Margarita Recipes to Make Your Next Party a Hit

No, not the frozen slushy one, nor from a mix. Great margaritas have a few simple ingredients letting high-quality tequila shine. First task, choose your favorite tequila.

Margarita Recipe Ingredient: Choose from 3 Types of Tequila

Tequila types differ based on the aging process.

  • Blanco: the most agave forward. Mostly straight from distilling to bottle or aged in a steel barrel for around 60 days. A crystal clear color.
  • Reposado: aged in oak barrels for up to a year producing a smoother more mellow taste with a slightly amber color.
  • Anejo: longest aging, 1-3 years in oak barrels. Many times from old whiskey or wine barrels creating sweeter flavors such as vanilla or brown sugar.

My go-to is Reposado, imparting a slightly sweeter and deeper, mellow taste compared to a more biting blanco. Many cocktail recipes specify Blanco, Reposado or Anejo. Experiment, and swap them out creating different-tasting cocktails!

There are lots of origin stories about Margaritas. My favorite is from a 1940s cocktail, the Daisy. Tequila was substituted for vodka or gin – and the name was changed to the Spanish word for Daisy… Margarita!

Simple margarita with a twist in a glass

Simple Margarita Recipe with a Twist

Good tequila, lime juice, salt and a touch of sweetness is all you need to make a delicious, refreshing Margarita. For variation, play with is the sweetness ingredient. The twist added here is the Falernum, specifically Velvet Falernum liqueur, which is lime-based, (not the non-alcoholic syrup version).
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Prep Time 2 minutes
Course Drinks
Servings 1 Serving

Equipment

1 Cocktail Shaker

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker - shake well for 30 seconds.
  •  Pour into a salt rimmed glass, squeeze a bit of lime, then garnish the glass.

Notes

Cointreau and Falernum are both citrus-based sweeteners.  You can play with more or less to taste, but these amounts allow the tequila flavor to shine.
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Margarita Recipe Variations

Blood Orange Margarita

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Prep Time 2 minutes
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Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker - shake well for 30 seconds. 
  • Pour into a salt rimmed glass, squeeze a bit of lime, then garnish the glass.

Notes

If you even more orange flavor, add Aperol here, or use Cointreau instead of Falernum.
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Aperol Margarita

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  • 2 oz tequila
  • 1 ½ oz freshly-squeezed lime juice
  • 1 oz Aperol
  • 1 oz Falernum
  • 1-2 drops orange bitters
  • 1 wedge lime
  • salt for the rim

Instructions
 

  • Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker - shake well for 30 seconds.
  • Pour into a salt rimmed glass, squeeze a bit of lime, then garnish the glass.

Notes

This is less sweet than other varieties so if you want it sweeter, add more Falernum, or even some agave
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    A mother of 3 grown kids, Betsy is an executive in the Technology, Media & Telecom space. A lifelong volunteer, she recently was a GLA Lyme Education Ambassador. Betsy enjoys inventing custom cocktail concoctions, flower arranging and healthy cooking. In the Philly ‘burbs (a lifelong Eagles fan) she and her husband enjoy gardening, binging crime shows (especially British) throwing parties, wine and travel.

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