Marias Special Margarita Recipes

THE AUTHENTIC MARGARITA

Steps:

• Use a citrus squeezer to squeeze 4 oz. of lime juice into a cup and set it aside.
• Add 3 oz. of tequila and 1.5 oz of Cointreau into a blender. Follow that up with the lime juice from the previous step, 2 cups of ice and blend it!
• (Optional) Add Salt Around the Rim: Now to set up your glasses, cut a lime into small wedges and use one of them to rub a small amount of lime juice around the rim of your class. The lime juice will help the salt stick around the edges.
• Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of salt into a small plate. Grab the glass you just rubbed lime juice on and hold angle it so you can rotate the rim and make sure you've added salt around it evenly.
• After salting the glasses, finally pour the margarita into your glass. Add a lime wedge to your glass as the final garnish, invite friends, and say cheers.

ULTIMATE FROZEN STRAWBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Fill a blender with ice and crush. Pour in the tequila and triple sec. Add the strawberries and limeade. Blend for 30 seconds or until smooth. Serve in margarita glasses with the rims dipped in powdered sugar.

KIMBERLY SPECIAL

Steps:

• Preheat an oven with a pizza stone to 550 degrees F, if possible. If your oven does not go up to 550 degrees F, preheat it to the highest temperature possible.
• In a bowl, mix cream cheese and sugar together well combined. In a second bowl mix together brown sugar, melted butter, and walnuts.
• Roll pizza dough onto a 12-inch pizza screen. Spread an even layer of the cream cheese mixture on top of the dough. Distribute a layer of fruit topping evenly over the cream cheese, if desired. Sprinkle the brown sugar mixture on top of the pizza and bake in oven for 12 minutes. Cut into wedges and serve.

GOLDEN MARGARITA

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add the tequila, liqueur, lime juice, Simple Syrup and egg whites. Shake for 8 to 10 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
• Put the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. (Alternatively, heat in the microwave.) Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

TANGERITA: TANGERINE MARGARITA

Steps:

• Rub the rim of the glass with a wedge of lime and dip the rim into a saucer of fine salt. Place the tequila, lime juice, tangerine juice, orange flavored liqueur, and crushed ice into a shaker. Shake to mix and strain into a glass. Garnish with a wedge of lime on the rim of the glass.

MARIA'S SPECIAL MARGARITA

Steps:

• Run the lemon or lime wedge around the rim of a hurricane-style margarita glass. Dip the rim of the glass into the saucer of salt, rotating the rim in the salt until the desired amount has collected on the glass.
• Measure the tequila, triple sec, and lemon or lime juice into a 16-ounce glass full of ice. Place a stainless steel cocktail shaker over the glass, tapping the top to create a seal. Shake vigorously for about 5 seconds and pour into salt rimmed glass.