Fall 2005, visiting Anson and Jenny, my first Margarita — why it’s so incredibly good, first, cause we were all together in Seattle, and second, cause they use the most nearly perfect tequila: Tequila for theirMargaritas.
Compare the Time-Life Foods of the World: Wines and Spiritsversion of a margarita, made with lemon juice, called
To make 1 cocktail
1 slice lemon
Coarse (Kosher) salt
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons superfine sugar
2 ounces tequila
3 to 4 ice cubes
A 4-ounce cocktail glass, chilled
Rub the inside rim of the chilled cocktail glass with the slice of lemon. Pour salt into a saucer or cup and dip in the glass so that a thin lay of saltadheres to the moistened rim of the glass.
Combine the lemon juice and sugar in a mixing glass and stir with a muddler orbar spoon to dissolve the sugar. Add the tequila and ice cubes and place ashaker on top of the mixing glass. Grasping them firmly together with bothhands, shake vigorously 6 or 7 times. Remove the shaker, place a straineron top of the mixing glass, and pour into the salt-rimmed cocktail glass.
to the Time-Life Foods of the World: Wines andSpirits version of a margarita, made with lime juice, called
Margarita II
To make 1 cocktail
1 slice lime
Coarse (Kosher) salt
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1 1/2 ounces tequila
1/2 ounce Triple Sec
3 to 4 ice cubes
A 4-ounce cocktail glass, chilled
Rub the inside rim of the chilled cocktail glass with the slice of lime. Pour salt into a saucer or cup and dip in the glass so that a thin lay of saltadheres to the moistened rim of the glass.
Combine the lime juice, tequila, Triple Sec and ice cubes in a mixing glass andplace a shaker on top.. Grasping them firmly together with both hands,shake vigorously 6 or 7 times. Remove the shaker, place a strainer on topof the mixing glass, and pour into the salt-rimmed cocktail glass.
At my request, Anson has provided Jenny and his recipe —click here to go to that page.
and click here for Cook’sIllustrated’s insight into making margaritas.
Also, for one of our family favorite lemon-juice cocktails, made with rumrather than tequila, click here forthe recipe for a Skyrocket,a favorite of Peter’s uncle and aunt, Ralph and Mabel Cotter.
And for a citrus cocktail made with something other than tequila or rum, tryusing Brandy in combination with your choice of orange-flavored liqueur — tosee a recipe, click here on Sidecar.
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