Scratch Margaritas
This recipe was inspired by my love for good Tequila and my dislike for the chemical after taste from margarita mix – not to mention the headache the next day! These are “clean” and packed with vitamin C – you could even call them medicinal, sometimes they are! This is the way the locals make a “real” margarita in Mexico…
Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
- 16 to 20 limes depending on how juicy they are – fresh squeezed!
Note: no cheating in this recipe – if it isn’t fresh, it won’t be good! So plug in your juicer and juice away! - 3 Oranges – fresh squeezed
- 1 Cup purified water
- 2-3 Tbsp dark amber Agave
- Margarita salt
- Cointreau
- Really good Tequila! A margarita is only as good as the tequila…
Directions:
- Squeeze limes
- Squeeze oranges
- Pour lime juice and orange juice (including the pulp) and water in to pitcher and stir
- Add Agave, stir. Sweeten to taste if it’s too tart – but it’s not supposed to be sweet and the Cointreau you add will make it sweeter.
Note: If you are serving from a pitcher do the following steps - Add 6 shots of tequila to juice (measure with a shot glass about 2-3 oz )
- Add 3 shots of Cointreau
- Stir well with a long spoon
- Pour into a salt rimmed glasses over ice.
Note: If you are mixing individual drinks follow these steps; - Salt the rim of a low ball (short glass)
- Fill the glass with ice
- Fill glass 3/4 with the juice mixture
- Pour 1 shot of tequila
- Top with 1/2 shot of Cointreau
- Stir
**Liza’s tip: I like to drink this with a short straw, that way I get the juice as well as the tequila since the alcohol rises to the top – otherwise the first couple sips can make you pucker!…add a wedge of lime to the side of the glass and you’re ready to do the cha cha cha!
