Margarita Recipe

The margarita and its different variations have come to become one of the most popular cocktails of all times. You can opt for a fruity margarita mix or go in for an exotic blue margarita. Frozen margarita or golden margarita, strawberry margarita, mango margarita - the choice is endless. Line your margarita glasses with salt or sugar and drink up! If you want to be saved the hassle of blending a margarita, go in for margarita mixes that can be picked off the shelves. Get innovative and create your own margarita recipe.

Margarita Recipe
The basic margarita recipe consists of three ingredients - Tequila, Cointreau (triple sec) and fresh lime juice. The true art of making margaritas lies in the ideal ratios and the pizzaz with which it is served. The ratio for margarita mix can vary from equal parts of each ingredient to 3:2:1 tequila: cointreau: lime juice. The triple sec is an orange liquer that adds a sweet-and sour flavor to the cocktail. Different flavors can be substituted for the triple sec to make interesting variations. Shake the margarita with ice and serve in salt rimmed glasses. You can add Grand Marnier instead of Triple sec for concocting an exotic margarita.

Blue Margarita Recipe - The Curacaco is what adds the blue color to this blue ocean margarita. Take 4 ounces of tequila, 1 ounce triple sec, ¼ cup fresh lime juice, 2 ounces blue curacaco and 1tsp sugar. Blend in a shaker with plenty of ice.

Golden Margarita - A golden margarita needs anjeo tequila and Grand Marnier. Shake with sour mix, lime juice and plenty of ice.

Frozen Margarita - Whip up a frozen margarita with limeade, tequila and triple sec. Blend with lots of ice cubes till it looks slushy. Do not overdo the ice when blending your frozen margaritas - the trick is to have barely enough to float in the liquid. You can add frozen fruit for a variation. Try peach, raspberry, strawberry or cherry liquers for a frozen margarita with a twist. Serve frozen margaritas with mango fusion vodka and watch your guests coming for more.

Banana Margarita Recipe - Want your margarita with dollops of Vitamin C and Potassium? The banana margarita is a smoothie that offers you just that. Blend 3-4 oz tequila with 4 oz margarita mix and juice of lime and a banana.

Margarita Mix
Do not want to go through the bartending hassle of blending your margarita? Opt for ready margarita mix. Pick up a margarita mix in the flavor of your choice - strawbeery, lemon, raspberry and pinã colada. Typically the margarita mix is to be blended with water in a blender or frozen beverage machine...and your cocktail is ready! A margarita mix can be very convenient at a party since margaritas are popular and you can make them straight up or frozen. Pick up ready margarita mix in fruity flavors of pineapple, kahlua and vanilla. Low carb margarita mix keeps the sugars out of your drink. The taste may be a wee bit different but if you are watching your calories, you gotta pay for it!

Glasses Margarita
Do not commit the blunder of serving margaritas in wine glasses or simple water glasses. Buy stemmed glasses with wide openings - ideal glasses to serve your margaritas in style. If you can opt for exquisite margarita glasses, they are likely to cost you a tidy packet. Instead you can pick up margarita glasses made of sturdy polycarbonate and look like expensive glassware. Before serving. rub lime around the rim of the margarita glass and drip the glass into a plate of coarse salt. Check with your guests if they would prefer their glasses rimmed.

Margarita Strawberry
The strawberry margarita is a popular margarita cocktail. Blended with fresh strawberries or strawberry schnappes, this cocktail has many takers. Serve a strawberry margarita in a glass rimmed with sugar instead of salt. Shake schnapps, tequila, triple sec, lemon juice,and strawberries with ice. Strain the blend into the margarita glasses. You can whip up a strawberry margarita with 1 oz. Tequila, ½ oz. Triple sec. Dash of grenandine and sour mix along with pureed strawberries. Blend all the ingredients together and serve them with a lime wedge or fresh strawberry. A dollop of whipped cream can be added.