National Margarita Day Recipes

As an ode to National Margarita Day on the 22 February, we’re giving you some cocktail inspiration – one classic and one with a twist! Both of the cocktail recipes, provided courtesy of Las Iguanas, contain just a few ingredients and can be created in no time at all – so there’s no excuse to cheers in the weekend!

Classic Margarita:

Ingredients:

• 70ml Olmeca blanco
• 35ml triple sec
• Juice of 4 fresh limes

Method:

1. Add all ingredients into a Boston cocktail shaker, plus ice
2. Add a salt rim to your Cactus glass by cutting a lime wedge and moistening the rim with it and evenly dip the rim in the plate of salt
3. Give your cocktail a good shake, and strain the cocktail into your glass
4. Garnish with a wheel of fresh lime

Watermelon Margarita:

Ingredients:

• 35 ml 100% agave blanco Tequila
• 50ml fresh watermelon juice
• 25ml fresh lime juice
• 10ml sugar syrup

Method:

1. Add all ingredients into a Boston cocktail shaker, plus ice
2. Give your cocktail a good shake, and strain the cocktail into a chilled cocktail glass
3. Garnish with an oversized Watermelon slice

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