Description
Brittany Everett with a wintery take on a margarita, dressed up with blood orange and ginger.
Ingredients
Scale
For garnishing all drinks:
- 1/4 cup blood orange juice
- zest from one blood orange
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- slices of blood orange for garnish (very optional)
For each individual drink:
- ice
- 2 ounces blood orange juice
- 1.5 ounces tequila
- juice from 1 wedge of lime
- 3 ounces strong ginger beer
Instructions
- Place 1/4 cup blood orange juice into a bowl. In a separate bowl, combine blood orange zest and sugar.
- Dip the rim of a glass into juice first and then into the sugar mixture to coat the rim evenly. Fill the glass with ice.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine 1 cup of ice with 2 ounces blood orange juice, 1.5 ounces tequila, and the juice from a lime wedge. Shake vigorously. Pour into the prepared glass and top off with desired amount of ginger beer (see above). Stir and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins