This bit of hot weather has given me a thirst for one of my favourite drinks. A Margarita. I had all the ingredients apart from Triple Sec but I improvised with Blue Curacao, giving the Blue Margarita.
The ingredients are as follows:
Before you do anything you need to make up and cool down your sour mix. To do this, get a fairly large saucepan filled with your one part of water. Heat it to just before the boil and throw in your equal part quantity of sugar. Mix the sugar until the mixture is clear, being careful not to boil it. Once the mixture is clear, turn off the heat and throw in your equal parts of lemon juice and lime juice. To make just under 2l of sour mix I used 500ml water, 500ml lemon juice, 500ml lime juice and measured out 500ml of sugar.
Once made up, put it in a bottle and put it in the fridge to cool.
Next, take your glass and fill it with ice to chill it. I used a plain tumbler but you can use a proper Margarita glass if you have one.
Now take your shaker and fire in the ingredients. My preferred ratio is 3 measures of tequila, 2 measures of blue curacao and 5 measures of sour mix. Squeeze in half a lime to give it a bit of kick.
Then, empty the ice from your glass into the shaker.
Once you have done that, take a slice from your remaining half of the lime and rub it along the rim of the glass being careful not to leave any unsightly bits of lime stuck there.
Empty some salt onto a plate and then dunk your lime juice rimmed glass into it...
Leaving you with....
Shake the contents of your mixer a few times and then strain it out into your prepped glass, being careful not to spill any over the salted rim.
Stick your lime slice on the rim and there you have it. Take it outside into the sun and pretend you're in paradise
Beats cleaning the cooker...
The ingredients are as follows:
- Tequila, preferably a reposado. Blanco (silver) can be used but doesn't taste as good IMO.
- Blue Curacao. This is an orange liqueur used in place of Triple Sec or other fancier alternatives such as Grand Marnier or Cointreau. Any of these can be used but I used Blue Curacao since it's all I had and it looks cool
- Sour mix - This is made up of equal parts lemon juice, lime juice, water and white sugar.
- Coarse salt - I used some Cornish sea salt
- A fresh lime
- Ice
Before you do anything you need to make up and cool down your sour mix. To do this, get a fairly large saucepan filled with your one part of water. Heat it to just before the boil and throw in your equal part quantity of sugar. Mix the sugar until the mixture is clear, being careful not to boil it. Once the mixture is clear, turn off the heat and throw in your equal parts of lemon juice and lime juice. To make just under 2l of sour mix I used 500ml water, 500ml lemon juice, 500ml lime juice and measured out 500ml of sugar.
Once made up, put it in a bottle and put it in the fridge to cool.
Next, take your glass and fill it with ice to chill it. I used a plain tumbler but you can use a proper Margarita glass if you have one.
Now take your shaker and fire in the ingredients. My preferred ratio is 3 measures of tequila, 2 measures of blue curacao and 5 measures of sour mix. Squeeze in half a lime to give it a bit of kick.
Then, empty the ice from your glass into the shaker.
Once you have done that, take a slice from your remaining half of the lime and rub it along the rim of the glass being careful not to leave any unsightly bits of lime stuck there.
Empty some salt onto a plate and then dunk your lime juice rimmed glass into it...
Leaving you with....
Shake the contents of your mixer a few times and then strain it out into your prepped glass, being careful not to spill any over the salted rim.
Stick your lime slice on the rim and there you have it. Take it outside into the sun and pretend you're in paradise
Beats cleaning the cooker...
