From The Boys’ and Girls’ Little Book of Alcohol, available at amazon,
iTunes, and barnesandnoble.com:
Margaritas, Two Ways
The easy but yechh way: Dump a can of children’s frozen concentrate into a
blender, add ice and enough tequila to keep everyone from realizing how crummy
the drink tastes, and press “ultra-high”; if you’re lucky, you’ll forget to put
the top on the blender.
My
way—makes 4 cocktails:
3/4 cup inexpensive white Tequila
(it’s dumb to waste fine tequila by drowning it in a Margarita, but then I’m a
cheapskate)
2/3 cup unsweetened lime juice
1/4 cup orange liqueur (we had
Orange Curacao on hand—you can use any type)
1/4 cup Really Simple Syrup. (You can buy Simple Syrup ready-made, or you
can boil sugar and water and stand around staring at a candy thermometer, or you
can make Really Simple Syrup by putting
equal parts sugar and water in a jar and shaking it until the sugar dissolves.)
Pour some flaked salt onto one
small plate and a thin layer of lime juice onto another. Add all ingredients to a large cocktail
shaker with some ice; shake. Dip the rim of each glass first in the juice and
then in the salt, then pour the Margaritas in the center.
