Margarita on the Rocks
2 teaspoons salt
1 lime wedge
2 ounces tequila
½ ounce Cointreau or Triple Sec
1½ ounces lime juicePlace the salt in a saucer. Rub the rim of a cocktail glass with the lime wedge and dip into the salt to coat the rim thoroughly. Don’t toss the lime wedge! Mix the liquids, shake or stir well, pour into the cocktail glass over a couple of ice cubes. Garnish with the lime wedge.
Those of us who drink these regularly keep a little plastic tub filled with the salt so we just lift the cover, dunk in the glass, and close.
I prefer Triple Sec to Cointreau, but it’s your choice (and depends on what’s on hand). And I was yelled at for using the sipping tequila in a Margarita, apparently the cheaper stuff tastes just as good. It was my bottle, too.
Some people here prefer the version with ground up ice cubes, like a slushy for grownups. I don’t have the recipe for that, but I’d guess it’s the same with a couple of ice cubes added and mixed in a blender.
I asked about for a tried and tested margarita recipe, and Tia in San Diego provided this. Thanks Tia! Bought limes today - since Cornwall doesn’t yet run to lime groves these are rather well travelled I’m afraid - the booze is sitting waiting, relic of some long-distant duty free moment - all that’s needed now is the cocktail hour. See you later. -hic