![]() Have martini glasses at hand (for an extra special touch, you can chill them) I like the 5-ounce size, since that size drink will stay cold from first sip to last.ģ. Pour several tablespoons of lime juice onto one small plate and several tablespoons coarse salt onto another. Remember, you're tasting it warm and undiluted when chilled and diluted, the flavors will be mellower and the lime's tartness will be more attractive (tangy warm champagne is not nearly as inviting as it is ice-cold).Ģ. Taste and add more orange liqueur if you think your margaritas need more sweet oranginess to balance the other flavors. Just before serving, in a half-gallon pitcher combine the tequila, the minimum amount of triple sec or Cointreau and the lime juice. Several tablespoons Coarse, kosher-type salt for rimming glassesġ.1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice, plus several tablespoons extra for rimming the glasses.1 to 2 cups (1/3 to 2/3 of a 750-milliliter bottle) Triple Sec or Cointreau.1 750-milliliter bottle silver tequila (in this margarita, the better the tequila, the better the drink - try Herradura, El Tesoro, El Viejito, Patron or practically any one of the 100% agave tequilas that are available in the market).Reposado (6-month-old) tequila is a little softer and without the bright freshness of a silver, while the anejo (aged) tequila is moving toward the flavor of an aged brandy - and I personally don't think that's what margarita flavor is all about. And it's silver (unaged) tequila here, the freshest and most agave-flavored of the tequilas. Though we gave an "equal part" recipe for the three main ingredients in our Top-of-the-Line Margarita in Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen, these proportions focus a bit more on the flavor of the good tequila. Just before your guests arrive, combine the tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice in a pitcher, and you'll be poised for the shaking to begin. This margarita is the real thing - purity and refreshing freshness that's strained into martini glasses after a vigorous rumble with ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. ![]() But quantity is not always related to quality, as is attested by most mammoth margaritas, laced as they are with artificially flavored sweet-and-sour mix. In the age of the 32-ounce Big Gulp, a small drink may not seem fashionable.
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