Top Shelf Margarita On The Rocks Recipes

TOP SHELF MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Bring water and sugar to a boil. Cool to room temperature.
• Add freshly squeezed lime and lemon juice.
• Strain and chill until cold
• Rim your glasses with lime juice and then kosher salt or your favorite rimmer (optional but recommended)
• Fill your glass/es with crushed ice. All the way to the top.
• Stir together the tequila, orange liqueur and sour mix. Start with the lesser amount and add more to taste as needed.
• Pour over the crushed ice in the glass/es and enjoy slowly.

TOP SHELF MARGARITAS ON THE ROCKS

Steps:

• Make a simple syrup by stirring together and bringing 2/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water to a boil until the sugar dissolves; set aside to cool.
• Make the sour mix by briskly stirring together the 2 1/4 cups water, lemon juice, 1/4 cup sugar, and egg white; set aside.
• Combine the ice cubes, tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, 1 ounce of the simple syrup, and 1/2 cup of the sour mix in a pitcher; stir vigorously to infuse the ice, 8 to 15 seconds.
• Run a lime wedge along the rim of an 8-ounce glass. Spread the kosher salt onto a plate and dip the glass rims in the salt to coat; add ice if desired. Strain the mixture from the cocktail shaker into the glass to serve.

MARGARITAS ON THE ROCKS

Steps:

• Salt the rims of 8 glasses. To do so, pour salt onto a small plate, rub the rims of the glasses with lime, and press them into the salt. Fill the glasses with ice.
• In a blender, combine sweet and sour mix, triple sec, tequila and Grand Marnier. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, squeeze a quarter lime into each glass, and serve.

MARGARITA ON THE ROCKS

Steps:

• Rim 2 margarita glasses with salt if desired, and fill with ice. Pour the tequila, sweetened lime juice, triple sec, and lemon-lime soda into a shaker filled with ice, hold your hand firmly over over the top of the shaker so the top doesn't pop off from the carbonated soda, and shake vigorously. Pour into prepared margarita glasses, and serve.