How to Garnish a Margarita

Margaritas are commonly garnished with salt and fruit slices.

Garnishing a drink can help improve the visual appeal, scent and flavor of your libation by providing contrasting or complementary notes. Margaritas are a fruity cocktail made with tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice. Traditional garnishing for a margarita includes a salted rim to offset the sweetness of the juice, with a lime slice to enhance the color of the drink.

Things You'll Need

• Saucer
• Coarse salt
• Knife
• Lime

Instructions

1. Fill a shallow saucer with enough coarse salt to coat the rim of your margarita glass.

2. Cut a slice of lime and line the rim of the glass with fresh lime juice by rubbing the fruit around the rim of the glass.

3. Drip the rim of the glass into the salt and slowly spin the glass until the rim is well coated in salt.

4. Cut a thin slice of the lime and put a slit in it running from the center to the outer edge of the rind.

5. Slide the lime slice onto the rim of the glass and carefully pour the drink, making sure not to disturb the salted rim.

References

• Mom's Budget: How to Salt a Margarita Glass
• The Kitchn; How to Rim a Cocktail Glass for Margaritas; Nora Maynard; April 2008