Orange Cranberry Margarita Cocktail Food

ORANGE CRANBERRY MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Salt or sugar the rim of your glass.
• Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake until combined and then strain into your prepared glass over ice.
• Top with sparkling water if desired, and add cranberries and orange slice to garnish.
• Combine all the ingredients except the sparkling water in a pitcher and stir to combine. Keep chilled in the fridge until ready to serve.
• When ready to serve, salt the rims of 4-6 glasses. Add ice to each glass and pour the margaritas over the ice.
• Top with sparkling water if desired, and add cranberries and orange slice to garnish.

CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Using a fine, clean paintbrush, paint a thin layer of honey around the rim of 4 margarita or martini glasses. In a saucer, combine the orange zest, salt and sugar, then turn the glasses upside down and dip them into the mixture. Put the glasses in the fridge to chill.
• In a cocktail shaker, combine the orange juice, tequila, lime juice, cranberry juice, triple sec and ice, and shake to combine. When the outside of the shaker feels cold, strain the mixture into your prepared glasses and serve.

CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Rim 2 wine glasses with sugar and salt. Fill with ice. Add an orange slice and lime slice to each glass.
• Pour cranberry juice, tequila, triple sec, orange juice, and lime juice into a shaker. Shake well.
• Pour mixture evenly over ice in rimmed glasses. Top with lemon-lime beverage.

ORANGE-CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Combine the granulated sugar and 1 cup water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cook until the sugar is dissolved. Add the cranberries and weight with a plate to submerge them in the liquid. Cover the pot and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 48 hours.
• Drain the cranberries, reserving the syrup. (Yields about 1 1/2 cups syrup; store leftover syrup in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 1 month.)
• Put the superfine sugar on a baking sheet, and toss the cranberries in the sugar. Refrigerate the cranberries, uncovered, for 1 hour, then toss again in the sugar. Refrigerate in an airtight container. (Makes about 2 cups.)
• In a cocktail shaker, muddle the lime and orange zests with the cranberries, 1/4 cup of the cranberry syrup, and the sugar.
• Add the tequila, orange juice, lime juice and orange liqueur; stir until combined. Fill 4 glasses with ice cubes, and strain some of the margarita mixture over each. Garnish each glass with 6 sugared cranberries.

CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Combine the tequila, cranberry juice, orange liqueur, and lime juice in a large pitcher. Shake over ice.
• Strain into margarita glasses or low cocktail flutes. Alternately, strain into low tumblers filled with ice.