We consider the fact that National Margarita Day is February 22 something of a gift from the cocktail gods. It may be the dead of winter, but this is a fun way to warm up and get crafty in your kitchen. For those planning to observe, we compiled a roundup of interesting recipes, from traditional tequila cocktails to some unexpected concoctions with various spirits.
2oz 818 Tequila Reposado
0.5oz Premium Orange Liqueur
0.75oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5oz Agave Syrup (50% Agave Nectar, 50% Water)
Half Tajin Salt Rim
Shake with ice. Strain and serve over fresh ice. Garnish with half orange slice.
1oz Grey Goose L'Orange Vodka
1oz Patron Silver
1oz Agave
1oz Fresh Lime Juice
Orange Wheel
Pour Grey Goose L' Orange Vodka, Patron Silver, agave and lime juice into a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain over ice into a rocks glass.
37oz. Hibiscus syrup (1/2 deli hibiscus flowers, 24oz. simple syrup)
24oz. Lemon Juice
4oz. Raspberry Puree
Add simple syrup to the deli cup ½ full with hibiscus flower, let sit overnight. Strain the next day. Add all ingredients to a Cambro, mix thoroughly.
2 parts Sipsmith London Dry Gin
1 part Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur or Cointreau Triple Sec Liqueur
1 part fresh lime juice Blood orange
Ground cumin
Sea salt
Wipe a lime around the rim of a coupe glass and dip it in a 50/50 mixture of cumin and sea salt to create the salt rim. Shake the remaining ingredients (excluding garnish) in a cocktail shaker with ice and double strain into the glass. Garnish with a wheel of blood orange floated on top.
1.25oz Casa Dragones Blanco infused with vanilla bean
.75oz Giffard Triple Sec
.75oz Fresh rhubarb juice
.25oz Lime juice
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake with ice, strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with rhubarb.
3 oz tequila
1 oz orange liqueur
Juice of 2 limes
2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
3 cups ice
¼ cup sugar
½ cup sea salt
Zest of 1 lime
1 teaspoon espelette (crushed red pepper)
Add all margarita ingredients to the Vitamix and blend. Combine rim ingredients in a small bowl and massage by hand to combine. Transfer to a shallow bowl. Cut one lime into quarters and use quarters to moisten the edge of margarita glasses and press into the sugar-salt mixture. Pour the margarita into glasses; serve immediately.
¾ oz Lime Juice
¾ oz Simple Syrup
¾ oz Pineapple Juice
1 ½ oz Tequila
2-3 Sage leaves
3 Dashes Bitters
Contents shaken and strained over fresh ice, with a salt and black pepper rim. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a sage leaf.
1.5 oz. Curamia Tequila Blanco
0.75 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz. Agave Nectar
Sliced Cucumber
Pinch of Salt
Seltzer
Muddle cucumber slices with salt in a shaking tin. Add tequila, lime and agave. Shake and double strain into a highball glass. Add ice and top with soda water. Garnish with a mandolin slice of cucumber.
2oz El Sativo Tequila
1/2 Fresh Lemon (juiced)
1/2 Fresh Lime (juiced)
1/2 oz Local Honey
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Fresh Squeeze Margarita Mix
1 oz Fresh Orange Juice
Ice, shake, pull into rocks glass. Honey on rim of glass. Slice of Grapefruit and Honeycomb to Garnish.
1.5 oz Patrón Reposado
.5 oz Patrón Citrónge Lime
1 oz Fresh lime juice
.5 oz Fresh mango puree
.5 oz Spicy rose syrup (Mix .5 oz simple syrup, a jalapeño coin and a dash of rose water)
Green chili-salt rim (Fresh green chiles, cilantro and a bit of garlic)
Dehydrated lime wheel for garnish
Mint sprig for garnish
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice to chill. Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe with a chili-salt rim. Garnish with a dehydrated lime wheel and mint sprig.
