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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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
0Kcal
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
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.
