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The margarita
Serves: 2
Prep time: 5 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Lauren Mcclean
The margarita
A classic summer cocktail that will finally use up that bottle of tequila you brought back from holiday. Thought to have been invented in Mexico in the 1930s or 1940s, it’s sweet yet sour and instantly refreshing
Serves: 2
Prep time: 5 minsTotal time:
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Junior Food Editor and can usually be found in the test kitchen, trialling recipes to ensure perfect results for our readers. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
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Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Junior Food Editor and can usually be found in the test kitchen, trialling recipes to ensure perfect results for our readers. An obsessive foodie with a sweet tooth, she is happiest when baking and is a firm believer that there is always room for dessert (preferably following a big bowl of pasta)
See more of Abigail Spooner’s recipes
Ingredients
- 120ml tequila
- 60ml triple sec (we used Cointreau)
- 90ml freshly squeezed lime juice
Step by step
- Take 2 Martini glasses and run a lime wedge around the outside of each rim. Sprinkle a little salt onto a saucer and turn the glasses upside down in the salt to coat the rims. Place the tequila, triple sec, freshly squeezed lime juice and a handful of ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Shake well for about 20 seconds and strain into the Martini glasses. Garnish with slices of lime.