Got a bag of blood oranges at the store and now not sure what to do with all of them? Mex 1 Coastal Cantina in Charleston shared their fan favorite blood orange margarita recipe. It’s essentially a Tommy’s margarita, plus the addition of fresh blood orange juice and blood orange liqueur. It requires minimal ingredients to shake up this fruit-forward sipper.
recipe
yields
Makes 1 drink
1½ ounce reposado tequila
½ ounce blood orange liqueur
1½ ounce blood orange juice
½ ounce lime juice
¾ simple syrup or agave
Salt, for rimming
Ingredients
steps
In a cocktail tin filled with ice, combine all ingredients and shake vigorously until cold, 5 to 10 seconds. Set aside. Rim a pint or rocks glass with salt and fill with fresh ice. Strain cocktail into glass.
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- Recipe courtesy of Mex 1 Coastal Cantina, West Ashley, South Carolina