![]() The lime juice helps it all stick to the edges! It doesn’t matter if you use traditional margarita glasses or just a random pint glass – rub the rim with a lime wedge and then dip it in margarita salt or sugar (or both!). Stick the tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and serving glasses in the fridge! Get all your ingredients as cold as possible.Garnish, serve immediately and enjoy! Helpful tips for making frozen margaritas Juice a fresh lime – it’s totally worth the little bit of extra effort. Fresh lime juice – Please don’t use the bottle kind that’s in the shape of a lime.You could even substitute orange juice if you wanted to, but it won’t provide as much concentrated flavor. Cointreau (or another orange liqueur) – If you don’t have any Cointreau, you can substitute any of the following: Triple Sec, Grand Marnier, Orange Curacao.Tequila – Whatever kind of tequila you like best is what works best! I would recommend any quality blanco, reposado, or añejo tequilas.Ice cubes – The ice is necessary to get that slushy texture we want.Frozen strawberries – You can either buy a bag of frozen strawberries from the store, or you can de-stem fresh strawberries and freeze them in a single layer in the freezer in preparation for this recipe.A lime wedge and margarita salt and/or sugar – These are for rimming your glasses with a salt rim, sugar rim, or both! Sometimes I like a combination of both.What are the ingredients for a frozen strawberry margarita?įor my recipe (which is a longtime favorite that I rarely stray from), you’ll need: There is nothing like a frozen cocktail on a hot summer day! Actually, there’s nothing like a fruity, frozen drink on a hot summer day that was prepared by someone else entirely while you lie next to a pool and barely move a muscle.īut since this frozen strawberry margarita only needs a few ingredients and a few minutes of your time, I think we can make an exception. This is hands down the frozen cocktail I’ve made the most in my life – so much so, that I always have a container of it in the freezer so that I’m ready for margarita time all the time! Once you make these, you’ll never go back to bottled margarita mix. Next time try a watermelon or strawberry basil margarita. And if you like that, you should try the Red & the Black, a strawberry margarita with black pepper syrup.This frozen strawberry margarita recipe is quick and easy to blend up at home! No added sugar or sweeteners – just strawberries, ice, tequila, orange liqueur, and fresh lime juice. This recipe is also excellent with jalapeño-infused tequila which adds a spicy layer of deliciousness. As always when working with strawberries, you may need to add a touch more simple syrup to balance things out if they are on the tart side. ![]() So if you use plain simple syrup, which adds no flavor, the drink is more focused and satisfying overall. The Cointreau, or whatever orange liqueur you use, competes with the strawberry for dominant fruit flavor, which muddies the drink. It's not that a classic Margarita with a muddled strawberry is bad drink, far from it, but it could be better. Only in the case of the Strawberry Margarita, for best results, the recipe needs a bit of tweaking. Whiskey Sour, Daiquiri, French 75, Tom Collins, Gimlet, and arguably the most popular example, the Margarita (though with a strong challenge from the Daiquiri). Muddle a strawberry into pretty much any shaken classic cocktail and you’ve got yourself a winner.
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