Easy Margaritas

Making margaritas can be easy.

A margarita is an alcoholic beverage that can be served over ice or blended with ice to make it slushy. The recipe itself is easy to follow. You'll need lime juice, tequila, triple sec and sugar. Optional ingredients are ice and sweet and sour.

Margaritas on the Rocks

For a margarita on the rocks, you'll mix the juice and liquor together, then pour it into the cup over a few cubes of ice. Garnish with a lime wedge. The majority of recipes will make more than one drink. For 6 cups of margaritas on the rocks, use 3 cups of chilled tequila, 3/4 cups of chilled triple sec and 2 1/2 cups of chilled, fresh-squeezed lime juice or a can of frozen lime juice.

Frozen Margaritas

For frozen margaritas, you'll need a blender. To make 4 cups of margaritas, before blending, place 2 cups of ice into the blender. On top of the ice, add 1/4 cup of lime juice, 1 1/2 cups of sweet and sour, 3/4 cup of tequila, 1/4 cup of triple sec and 3/4 tsp of sugar, which is optional. Now place the top on your blender and blend the ingredients together until slushy. For a thicker drink, add more ice.

Preparing Your Glass

Before pouring the margarita into a glass, you should prepare it. A margarita glass has a stem, and is wide and shallow. Wet the rim of the glass with a wet cloth, dip it in a bowl of water, or wet it with lime juice. Then dip the rim into rock salt or margarita salt until the rim has a nice layer of salt sticking to it. Adding salt to the rim of a margarita glass is optional.

References

• Grandmas' Cookbook: Margaritas by the Pitcher - On the Rocks
• Rockin Robin's Cooking Mexican Recipes: Robin's Margarita Recipe