Perfect Margarita Two Different Ways
Ingredients for the second PERFECT Margarita recipe (dont' forget the powdered sugar.)
Mexican Vacation and Margarita are almost synonyms. We will give you two ways to make the perfect Margarita. Both of them come out ten times better than using Margarita or Sweet and Sour Mix.
The first one is a simple recipe for use in the U.S. or Canada if you want make one at home to get you in the mood for Mexico.
- 6 ounces of frozen limeade
- 6 ounces of tequila
- 3 ounces of triple sec
All you do is dump the ingredients into a blender and fill with ice. Blend until smoot. Add a little bit of water if needed to thin it to pouring texture.
Some people like to add a little powdered sugar. I personally don’t think it needs it.
Recipe Number Two
If you want more authentic or if you are vacationing (say in a MayanRental luxury suite 
) here is a recipe for you. If your vacation rental has a blender, there’s a good chance you’ll find a lime squeezer in a utensil drawer somewhere. Check out the picture for a little help in what to look for. Next up is a shopping trip. For each batch you will need:
- 2 limes
- ½ cup of tequila
- ¼ cup of triple sec
- 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar
Look for one of the larger grocery stores and find a quality Tequila (price really does mean something). You will definitely need powdered sugar for this recipe , plus triple sec (any licor naranja will do) and, limes take the place of the limeade in our first recipe.
But don’t act like a gringo. DO NOT get limas. Those are only for cooking food like the Yucatecan sopa de lima. Lime soup, De Lima, get it?
The word for limes is limon (say “lee-moan”). The word for lime and lemon is the same, so you should specify limon verde (green limon). Don’t say “Vur-dee” or you will get a blank stare from the nice person in the grocery store. Say “bare-day” and they you will be on the way to the check out.
Now for that squeezer you found earlier. We’re not embarrassed to say it took us a few tries to figure out this gadget (o.k. maybe a little embarrassed). You’ll be a step ahead. The best we can figure is those little holes aren’t for the juice to come out of; they are there so that squeezing the lime doesn’t create a suction and make it stick in the squeezer. Just cut the limes in half and squeeze them over the blender. Not too many though. 2 limes (four halves) are all it takes for ¾ of a blender of frozen margaritas. Add ½ cup of tequila, ¼ cup of triple sec and 4 heaping tablespoons powdered sugar (more or less to taste). Didn’t bring your measuring spoons with you? Just give a generous guess, hey, you’re on vacation. Last up is ice to fill the blender ¾ full, then blend away. If you need to add a little extra sugar here, you still can, then gently stir or blend in. Are you more of an “on the rocks” purist? Play around with the above recipe, all the great bartenders do.
Arriba!!
