‘Festeja grande’ for National Margarita Day with these cocktails recipes that will leave you feeling inspired
The humble margarita has come a long way since its reported inception in 1938. It is said that the iconic drink was created by Carlos "Danny" Herrera at his restaurant Rancho La Gloria, which was located between Tijuana and Rosarito in Baja California. He had allegedly created the cocktail for one of his customers who had a spirits allergy, but wasn’t allergic to tequila. To make a classic marg, you only need a few base ingredients: tequila, lime, simple syrup, orange liqueur and salt. From there, you can build and create an unfathomable variety of margaritas. Below we’ve gathered some tremendously clever and delicious margarita recipes that will help you celebrate National Margarita Day as you should — we a drink in hand.
Grand Marnier’s Grand Margarita cocktail
Ingredients:
- .75 oz of Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge
- 1.5 oz of Espolon Reposado
- 1 oz of Fresh Lime Juice
- .25 oz of Agave Nectar
Garnish: Lime Wheel Salt (Optional)
Preparations:
1 - Combine ingredients in a shaker tin, add ice, and shake.
2 - Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and garnish with a lime wheel for a Grand twist on your classic margarita.
AriZona Mucho Mango and Jose Cuervo Especial 'It Takes Two To Mango' cocktail
Ingredients:
½ oz Fresh Lime juice
½ oz agave nectar
1 ½ oz Arizona Mucho Mango
1 ½ oz Jose Cuervo Especial Silver
2 dashes Mexican hot sauce
1 cup ice
Preparations:
1 - Combine ingredients in a blender. Blend until ice is smooth.
2 - Serve up with lime wedge
Snow White Coconut PATRÓN Margarita
Available at the The Loreley Beer Garden in New York City
Ingredients:
3 oz PATRÓN Silver
1.5 oz PATRÓN Citrónge Orange
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice 1.5 oz Coconut Cream
1.5 oz Coconut Milk
PATRÓN Dynasty Margarita
2019 Margarita of the Year winning recipe created by Jay Khan
Ingredients:
1.5 oz PATRÓN Silver
.5 oz PATRÓN Citrónge Orange
.25 oz St-Germain
.75 oz Fresh lime juice
.25 oz Ginger syrup, such as Liber & Co.
3 Fresh or canned lychees
Grapefruit salt rim
Lime twist for garnish
Preparations:
1 - Rim a rocks glass with grapefruit salt.
2 - Place lychees in a cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients to shaker with ice and shake hard to chill and combine.
3 - Double strain onto fresh ice in a rocks glass.
4 - Garnish with a lime twist
Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila Black and Ginger cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ parts Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila
- ¼ part fresh lime juice
- ½ part simple syrup
- Fresh ginger
- Lime wedge
Preparations:
1 - Lightly muddle 2-3 fresh ginger slices in a shaker.
2 - Combine remainder of ingredients in the shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
3 - Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
4 - Garnish with a lime wedge.
Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila Pineapple Fizz cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ parts Hornitos® Black Barrel® Tequila
- ¾ part fresh pineapple juice
- ½ part fresh lime juice
- ¼ part agave syrup
- 1 dash Angostura® bitters
- Splash of seltzer
- Pineapple chunks
Preparations:
1 - Combine all ingredients except seltzer in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
2 - Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice and add a splash of seltzer.
3 - Garnish with a pineapple chunk skewer and a pineapple leaf.
Avo-Keto Margarita with Tequila Don Julio
Created by mixologist Eric Ribeiro
Ingredients:
- 6 oz. Tequila Don Julio Reposado
- 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
- 1 Avocado (Skin and pit taken out)
- Pinch of salt
- Cilantro (optional)
- Chili Lime Salt
Instructions:
1- Combine Tequila Don Julio Reposado, fresh lime juice, avocado, and salt into a blender with 2 1/2 cups of crushed ice.
2 - Blend until texture is smooth.
3 - Pour contents into a rocks glass rimmed with chili lime salt over fresh ice.
4 - Garnish with cilantro and a lime wheel.
Glass: Rocks rimmed with chili lime salt
Garnish: Lime and Cilantro
Jasmine Margarita cocktail from S Bar at SLS LUX Brickell
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Volcan Blanco Tequila
- 1 oz. Lime juice
- .75 oz. Jasmine Green Tea Grenadine
- 2 dash Bittercube Orange Bitters
Preparations:
1 - Combine all ingredients. Shake well & strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
2 - Garnish with orange half wheel and lime wheel.
Cincoro Margarita cocktail
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Cincoro Blanco Tequila
- 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- ¾ oz Cointreau
- ¼ oz Agave Nectar
Preparations:
1 - Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in a Double Old-Fashioned glass
Garnish: Lime Wheel
Tequila Cocktail at Olivetta
Ingredients:
- Casamigos Tequila
- Carrot
- Italian Amaro
- Jasmine Honey
- St Germain
- Lime
Preparations:
1 - Add all ingredients to a shaker and shake.
2 - Strain into glass.
Watermelon Picante at The Draycott
Ingredients:
- Blanco Tequila
- Lime
- Tajin
- Cointreau
- Watermelon Puree
- Lime Juice
- Agave Simple
- 1 Drop Habanero Bitters
Preparations:
1 - With lime wet half of the glass 1 inch long around the outside of the rim, salt with Tajin, place lime on rim.
2 - In shaker add all ingredients with ice, add ice to glass, shake vigorously for 5 to 6 seconds, and strain over fresh ice in to glass.
Tanteo Tequila Island Passion Margarita
Ingredients:
- 1 ½ oz. Tanteo Blanco Tequila
- 1/2 oz. Velvet Falernum
- 1/2 oz. Orgeat Syrup
- 1 oz. Passionfruit Syrup (all natural)
- 1 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
Preparations:
1 - Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously.
2 - Double strain into chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a dehydrated lemon.
Tanteo Tequila Sizzling Citrus Marg
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Tanteo® Habanero Tequila
- 2 oz. Fresh Tangerine juice
- 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
- 1/2 oz. Light Agave Nectar (or simple syrup)
Preparations:
1 - Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice.
2 - Shake well and strain into an Ice-Filled Highball Glass. Garnish with a tangerine slice.
