![]() ![]() And because I like a little festivity with my drink, we’re throwing in some blue curaçao, because…FUN. In other words, it makes for a far more palette-able drink. ![]() Pour mix into rimmed glass and insert a small beer bottle. In a blender, combine tequila, lemonade, blue curaao, and ice. Adding just a little bit will cut the tartness of the limes, and tone down the tequila burn. RIm the edge of a glass using lime juice and coarse salt. Third (and this is the “secret”) simply syrup. Blue Margaritas specializes in serving traditional Mexican dishes inspired by the cuisine of different parts of Mexico. We like to use silver tequila, preferably 100% agave. I’m not saying you need to throw down $60 on a bottle of Patron, but don’t skimp and grab something off the bottom shelf either. For a smooth margarita that isn’t sickly sweet, or taste like a bucket mixer at a beach party, it comes down to the quality of ingredients. Picking a good tequila is step one. Fortunately for you all, I have such a recipe. It needs the right amounts of tart/sweet/smooth drinkability to be a big hit. However, it needs to be balanced appropriately. This brilliant blue cocktail is a festive alternative to the original. ![]() The margarita is wildly popular for a reason. Blue Margarita Martha Stewart This brilliant blue cocktail is a festive alternative to the original. Place the tequila, blue curacao and lime in a shaker with 2 handfuls of ice and shake Strain and garnish. The best salt to use is kosher salt or flaky sea salt: it has the best texture. Especially with this heinous heatwave, it’s almost refreshing. How to make a blue margarita: single drink Make the salt rim. This easy blue margarita will be perfect for your next cocktail hour.Cocktail know-how is a necessity if you want to be a respectable host. It actually tasted quite good, was less potent than my usual recipe (blue curacao is only 15% alcohol), and the color was a fun change. Ingredients Coarse salt 1 lime, cut into wedges 4 ounces tequila 1 ounce Triple Sec 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice 2 ounces blue curacao 1 teaspoon. Since my adventurous drink was a flop, I decided to take my ambition down a notch and make a blue variation of my best margarita recipe. I wasn’t sure what to do with booze that looks like a cleaning product, but I wanted to come up with something. I looked up blue curacao on Wikipedia, and it didn’t really explain why it’s blue, just that it is. The bottle proudly claims “All Natural Flavors,” but there is nothing natural about that color. So, there I was, left with a bottle of bright blue liqueur, which as it turns out is actually orange flavored. Granted, I’m not a big fan of super fruity drinks, but that one was really a disaster. I gave it a taste to make sure it was worth trying again, and it tasted TERRIBLE! I choked down the one sip and promptly poured the rest down the drain. The layering didn’t work at all (apparently you have to actually plan the layers based on the density of each ingredient), so it was sort of a bluish-brown mess. This was A LOT of flavors in one drink, which is not typically my style, but I was sure it would taste OK if not better.įolks, my version was all kinds of wrong. Of course I wanted to make it my own, so I substituted pomegranate liqueur (I found a tiny trial-sized bottle for this purpose) for the grenadine and orange juice for the pineapple juice because that’s what I had on hand. Gorgeous, no? Please note that the recipe is really just a list of ingredients without instructions, but I was sure it was just a matter of slow pouring to get the beautiful layered effect. ![]()
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