Margarita recipes

This post has bartenders' Margarita recipes. For more recipes, please view Frozen Margaritas and House Margaritas.

• Ted Haigh's 'Original Margarita'
• Jimmy Buffet's 'Perfect Margarita'

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Notes: Dale DeGroff's recipe for original is 1.5-oz (100%) blue agava plata (or silver) Tequila, 1.25-oz Cointreau, 0.75-oz fresh lime juice and 0.25- to 0.50-oz simple syrup.

Jimmy Buffett's

 Perfect Margarita

Makes 1 

Ingredients
3 wedges lime
Salt
Crushed ice
2.0-oz Cuervo 1800 Gold Tequila
0.5-oz Cuervo White Tequila
1.25-oz Rose's Lime Juice
0.5-oz Bols Triple Sec
1 splash Bols Orange Curaçao

Preparation

Rim outside of glass with lime, and then salt.

Put all ingredients except the lime wedges into a shaker filled with ice. Squeeze 2 of the lime wedges into the shaker. Shake vigorously!

Add fresh crushed ice to glass; strain mixture over ice. Squeeze remaining lime wedge in glass.

Source:  Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Cafe. Road trip!

Last Updated May 3, 2015

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Sparkling Chimayó Cocktails | Cooking Light

Created at the Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante (CHEE-my-yoh) north of Santa Fe, this drink makes use of the area's abundant apple cider. ~Cooking Light Magazine

Photo:Douglas Merriam; Jan Gautro via Cooking Light

Sparkling Chimayó Cocktails

Makes 8 servings (2/3 cup each)

Ingredients
8-ozs gold tequila (1 cup)
6-oz sparkling water, chilled (3/4 cup)
1-oz crème de cassis (2 Tbsp)
1-oz fresh lemon juice (2 Tbsp)
1 (750-ml) bottle sparkling apple cider, chilled

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a pitcher; stir to combine. Serve immediately.


Source:  Bill Jamison and Cheryl Alters Jamison (their cookbook) was published in Cooking Light Magazine, (December 2007).