Margaritas Ruby Red Recipes

RUBY RED MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Rim the edges of four glasses with salt.
• Blend limeade concentrate, ice cubes, and tequila in a blender until smooth. Divide mixture evenly among prepared glasses. Top each drink with 1/4 cup club soda and 1/3 cup grapefruit juice. Garnish each drink with a lime slice.

RED HOT MARGARITA

Steps:

• For the Mexican simple syrup: Bring the sugar, cinnamon sticks and 1 cup water to a boil in a small pot and cook for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat, then allow to cool to room temperature. Strain. (Makes approximately 1 cup.)
• For the red hot ice cubes: Add the cinnamon candies, sugar and 1/2 cup water to a small saucepan over low heat. Cook until completely melted, then pour over ice cubes in a small rimmed baking sheet and freeze, stirring and scraping up the ice every 30 minutes, until completely frozen.
• For the rim: Combine the salt, sugar, cinnamon and chile-lime seasoning in a shallow dish. Set aside.
• For the margarita: Add 3 ounces Mexican simple syrup to a cocktail shaker, then add the lime juice, orange juice, tequila and a pinch of salt. Add plain ice cubes, then cover and shake.
• Rub the cut side of the lime half along the rims of 4 rocks glasses, then dip the glasses into the rim mixture. Fill with the red hot ice. Strain the margarita into the glasses. Garnish with orange slices and serve.

RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT MARTINI

Steps:

• Pour sugar onto a small plate. Wet the rim of a martini glass with cold water; dip rim in the sugar to coat.
• Fill cocktail shaker with ice; pour in grapefruit juice, vodka, and triple sec. Cover shaker with lid and shake. Strain and pour mixture into prepared martini glass.

LAUREN'S GRAPEFRUIT MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Stir together the grapefruit juice, lime juice, triple sec, tequila, and agave syrup in a pitcher, and mix with ice cubes. Strain the cocktail into 4 margarita glasses; garnish each cocktail with a few pomegranate seeds.

TEXAS RED RIVER MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Place tequila and jalapenos in a small bowl. Let stand 2-3 hours., Using water, moisten the rims of four margarita or cocktail glasses. Mix salt and sugar on a plate; hold each glass upside down and dip rim into salt mixture. Set aside. Discard remaining salt mixture on plate., Strain tequila into a small bowl, discarding jalapenos. Stir in grapefruit juice and simple syrup. Serve in prepared glasses over ice.

RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Use the wedge of grapefruit to rub the rims of 6 margarita glases with grapefruit juice.
• Dip the rims in the kosher salt to coat.
• Set glasses aside.
• Place the tequila, vodka, simple syrup, grapefruit juice, lime juice and ice in a bar blender and puree until smooth.
• Divide the margarita between 6 glasses and garnish with grapefruit quarters.

RUBY RED MARGARITA

Steps:

• Rub the rim of a cocktail glass with the lime wedge, dip it in the salt, coating it lightly, and chill the glass.
• In a blender, blend tequila, grapefruit juice, liqueur, sugar and 1 cup ice cubes for 30 seconds. Pour the drink into the glass, and garnish it with the grapefruit slice.

GRAPEFRUIT MARGARITA

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir to combine. Pour over ice and serve.

RUBY RED RITA

Steps:

• Fill a pint glass or a hurricane glass full of ice.
• Add Tequila, Grand Marnier, lime juice, grapefruit juice and margarita mix.
• Pour into blender and quickly pulse it twice on "chop". You don't want to fully blend it, just chop up the ice a bit and incorporate.
• Salted Rim:.
• Finely chop the crystallized ginger and add to kosher salt. Mix thoroughly. Dip glass in sweetened lime juice and then into ginger salt mixture.

GRAPEFRUIT MARGARITA

Steps:

• Moisten rim of 1 cocktail glass with grapefruit slice. If desired, sprinkle salt on a plate; dip rim in salt. Fill glass with ice., In an empty cocktail shaker, combine tequila, Triple Sec and grapefruit juice. Fill with ice; cover and shake until frost forms on the outside of the shaker, 15-20 seconds. Strain into prepared glass and top with grenadine (it will sink to the bottom of the glass). Garnish with grapefruit slice.