Mexican•indulgent
Classic Margarita (it’s much easier than you think!)
Classic margarita recipe, made with tequila, Cointreau and lime juice.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
1
- 60 ml (2 fl oz/2 parts) tequila
- 30 ml (1 fl oz/1 part) Cointreau
- 30 ml (1 fl oz/1 part) lime juice (saved the spent lime for the glass rim)
- simple sugar syrup (to taste (recipe below))
- salt (sprinkled on a saucer)
- lime slices for decorating the glass/drink
- 3 ice cubes
- 200 g (1 cup) white sugar
- 125 ml (1/2 cup) water
Instructions
- 1
Run a lime slice all around the rim of your glass.
- 2
Dip the glass rim into the salt, coating well.
- 3
Add the required amounts of tequila, cointreau, lime juice and syrup into your shaker with about half a dozen ice cubes.
- 4
Shake it all up really well.
- 5
Taste, add more sugar if you think it needs it.
- 6
Pour the margarita, minus the ice cubes, into your prepared glass, stick a lime slice on and sip away!
- 7
Place the water and sugar into a small pan and bring to a boil.
- 8
Simmer for 10 minutes on the lowest heat to allow the flavours to develop and the syrup to thicken.
- 9
Leave to cool, no need to place in the fridge.