Margarita on the Rocks
This just-right version of a margarita on the rocks uses top-shelf ingredients and strikes the perfect balance of sour, sweet, salty, citrusy, and boozy.
Servings: 1
Calories: 200kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- Lime wedge
- Kosher salt
- 2 ounces (60 ml) top-shelf blanco tequila
- 1 ounce (30 ml) freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ ounce (15 ml) Cointreau
- ½ ounce (15 ml) simple syrup or agave
- Lime wheel to garnish
Instructions
- First, make a salt rim for your glass. Cut a notch in the middle of the lime wedge (see video for visual cues) and run it generously around the rim of a rocks glass to wet it.
- Pour kosher salt onto a small plate and roll the outside of the glass in it so that it sticks to the lime juice. (Don't place the top of the glass perpendicular to the plate, because salt on the inside of the rim will inevitably fall into the glass and make the drink itself salty.)
- Place some ice into the glass and set aside.
- Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice.
- Pour in tequila, lime juice, Cointreau, and simple syrup or agave.
- Shake well until very cold and then strain into the glass.
- Garnish with the lime wheel and serve.
Video
Notes
- If you like, you can batch this cocktail for a party. To make eight drinks: Up to three hours before serving, pour into a pitcher: 2 cups tequila, 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice, ½ cup Cointreau, ½ cup simple syrup or agave, and ½ cup water. Give it a stir and pop it into the fridge until serving time. Shortly before serving, rim glasses with salt, add ice directly to glasses, and garnish with lime wheels.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal