Today is National Margarita Day, so what better way to celebrate than sharing our Authentic Mexican Margarita recipe?!
The best way to ignite memories from your travels is through cuisine. Bringing the flavors of your vacation home to your kitchen will remind you of your passion for traveling. If you close your eyes while sipping this delicious margarita, you are sure to picture yourself relaxing on the beach.
Maybe in a hammock on the beach in Cozumel, Mexico.
Authentic Margarita Recipe
To make an authentic margarita, skip the pre-made mix and start with squeezing fresh limes. It takes roughly two full limes to equal two ounces of lime juice.
We add Cointreau to our margaritas. It’s an orange spirit brand of triple sec produced in France.
Then add your tequila of choice, we used a silver tequila. Add one ounce of tequila and one ounce of Cointreau. Roughly one shot glass of each.
To give your margarita a little sweetness and balance the bitter lime, add some honey water! Mix honey into half a shot glass of water and mix well. Slowly add to your margarita per taste.
Mix all your margarita ingredients in your shaker.
Do you like your margarita with a salted rim glass?
Take your lime slice and rub around the rim of your glass. The dip in a bowl or plate of sea salt. Perfection.
Add crushed ice to your glass and pour your margarita in.
What is your favorite way to drink a margarita: on the rocks or frozen?
Ingredients
- 2oz fresh lime juice - 2 hand squeezed limes
- 1oz Tequila - brand of choice
- 1oz Cointreau
- splash of honey water - added sweetness per taste
- sea salt - garnish rim of glass
- lime slice - garnish
Instructions
- Squeeze fresh limes into a bowl.
- Pour two shot glasses of fresh squeezed lime juice in shaker.
- Add one shot glass of Cointreau to shaker.
- Add one shot glass of Tequila.
- Fill half a shot glass with water, then squeeze raw honey into the shot glass.
- Mix well.
- Slowly pour your honey water into your shaker until you reach desired sweetness. Start with half a shot glass before adding more.
- Shake your margarita mix.
- Rub sliced lime around rim of glass.
- Dip glass into plate or bowl of sea salt.
- Pour margarita over crushed ice.
Yes please this looks amazing! Although sadly mine will have to be a mocktail as I”m 7 months pregnant 🙂 I love that cactus glass too so cute!
Yum!!! I bet you were cozy in that hammock! Thanks for sharing! #TrafficJamWeekend
I should not be reading posts like this on a Friday afternoon:) The honey is a nice touch.
Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday!
This weekend might need to be margarita time! Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight Party. Pinned & shared.
My dad adds Triple Sac into his and fresh limes. They are the BEST- and more than one will put you on your ass 😉
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It looks so tasty.
Dwan, that looks like the perfect margarita to me! Nothing like freshly squeezed lime juice. No bottled mix can compare.
I love a good margarita! Thanks for sharing, I found you on the Think Tank Thursday link party.
Looks delicious! I could use a Margarita this afternoon!
Looking good! Thank you for sharing at Dishing It & Digging It. 🙂
This looks like a great Margarita and thanks so much for sharing it with us at Full Plate Thursday.
Miz Helen
I am not much of a drinker anymore, but this margarita looks too good to pass up! I love the honey water too. I will definitely be trying this one! Thanks for sharing at Celebrate It!
I love margaritas and I can’t wait till it starts to warm up to enjoy this outside. Thanks for sharing this on Merry Monday. Pinned.
YES! this looks amazing. I really have to try this 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Until recently I didn’t think I liked Margaritas – but I’ve learned that they can be AMAZING if made well -thanks for sharing!
I am not a big drinker but when I do get the urge a margarita is my choice of drink. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I will definitely give it a try
Great recipe 🙂 looks so delicious and refreshing too
Looks delicious! Looking forward to summer and some margaritas.
Margaritas are my favorite drink.This sounds a little bit different than my usual recipe so I am excited to try it sometime.I will save it in my favorites file.Thanks for the great post.
Guess what I’m making tonight? ! Thanks
I love margaritas . I will have to make this when I am not pregnant anymore.
Margarita’s are by far my favorite drink. I will be giving this recipe a try soon. Thank you so much for sharing
Thanks for the recipe! I have never had one but I love limes!
Thank you for sharing. This looks very refreshing. I need to try this.
This recipe sounds great. I am not a big drinker but when I have a drink a great margarita is my choice. I will be giving this a try soon.
Great drink it looks refreshing.
Great stuff.
thanks
Thank you for sharing. This looks very refreshing.
I really enjoy relaxing and enjoying a great margarita. This is my drink of choice to sip on. This recipe is awesome. Thank you again for sharing
What a great drink to serve for a party! And it looks so pretty too!