Cocktails

Grapefruit Margaritas

May 5, 2020

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Since we are all celebrating at home this year, I figured I would post the recipes for my favorite margaritas! During quarantine, my Husband and I have been having a nightly happy hour at home. We usually sit outside in our backyard or we have “drinks with friends” via Zoom. It’s just something fun to look forward to after getting through another day on lockdown. Our most consumed cocktail over the last two months would have to be a margarita. Sometimes we make classic skinny margs, sometimes spicy margs, recently smoky mezcal margs but most often we make grapefruit margaritas. The reason for this is because we have a huge grapefruit tree in our yard so we basically have unlimited fresh grapefruit juice. It is super refreshing and makes me long for the days of sitting at our favorite Mexican restaurant, sipping margaritas while eating chips and guac. I CANNOT wait for the day when we can do that again. But for now, this is our new normal. I’ve also posted the ingredients for the rest of the margaritas we have been drinking (the directions are all the same).

Serves 1

Ingredients:

2 oz tequila
2 oz fresh grapefruit juice
.5 oz fresh lime juice (about half a lime)
2 – 3 tsp agave (about 1/4 – 1/2 oz) depending on how sweet you like it
Salt for rim
Slice of lime for garnish
Ice

Directions:

To prepare your glass, run a lime wedge around the rim and then dip the glass in salt. Fill your salt rimmed glass with ice.

Fill a cocktail shaker halfway up with ice. Pour tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice and agave into the shaker. Close the lid and shake well. Pour the margarita over the ice and garnish with a slice of lime.

Classic Skinny Margarita

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