Blood Orange Margarita
Make your own blood orange simple syrup to use in this technicolor blood orange margarita! Keep in the fridge and use in cocktails and drinks or to drizzle over desserts and cakes.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
Blood orange syrup
- 5 ¼ oz (150g) sugar
- 5 fl oz (150ml) strained fresh blood orange juice
For the margarita
- 1 ¾ fl oz (50ml) blanco tequila
- 1 ¾ fl oz (50ml) strained blood orange juice
- 1 tbsp triple sec or Cointreau
- 2 tsbp blood orange simple syrup
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- blood orange slices to garnish
- flaked sea salt to frost the glass
Instructions
- Put the orange juice and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and stir until sugar is dissolved. Strain into a sterilized jar and cool before using.
- Cut a wedge of blood orange or lime and wipe it around the edge of your glass – either a margarita glass or whatever you prefer. Dip the glass into a plate filled with coarse sea salt and set aside.
- Put the tequila, triple sec, blood orange juice, simple syrup and lime juice in a cocktail shaker half filled with ice. Shake hard for 30 seconds.
- Strain the cocktail into the prepared glass and add some cracked ice if you like. Garnish with blood orange wedges.
