Perfect Raspberry Margarita Food

PERFECT RASPBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Cut a notch in a lime wedge, then run the lime around the rim of two glasses. Dip the edge of each rim into a plate of salt (or for a festive look, use our Margarita Salt).
• Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend until fully combined. Taste and add additional sweetener if desired. Pour into the glasses and serve.
• Place 1 1/2 cups tequila, 1 1/2 cups triple sec, 1 cup lime juice, and 1/2 cup simple syrup, and 4 cups raspberries in a blender and blend until cold.

RASPBERRY MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Place the raspberries, brandy-based orange liqueur, tequila, lemon juice, and sugar in a blender. Blend until smooth. Serve in glasses over ice cubes.

THE PERFECT MARGARITA

Steps:

• To salt-rim the glasses, rub a cut lime around the rim of each of 4 stemmed goblets. Fill a saucer with salt. Dip goblet, upside down, into salt. Refrigerate goblets until ready to use.
• Fill blender three-quarters full of ice cubes. Pour lime juice, tequila, and Cointreau over ice. Add sugar; blend, starting slowly, and then increasing to high speed, until ice is very finely chopped and mixture is frothy. Taste for sweetness; add more sugar if desired. Blend a few seconds more; pour into salt-rimmed glasses. Serve immediately.

PERFECT MARGARITA

Steps:

• Chill cocktail glass for 15 minutes. Pour coarse salt on a napkin or saucer. Hold each glass upside down, run a piece of lime around rim, then lightly twirl in salt; shake off any excess. In a glass pitcher mix liquors and juice with ice with a long-handled spoon. Pour drink into glass over a few ice cubes.;

RASPBERRY MARGARITAS

Steps:

• In a blender, combine frozen raspberries, lemon juice, tequila, Gran Marnier, Chambord and ice and blend until smooth. Pour sugar onto a small plate. Wet the rim of 4 margarita glasses. Dip the rim in the sugar. Pour the raspberry margaritas into the prepared glasses.

FROZEN GINGER-RASPBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Moisten rim of 1 cocktail glass with lime wedge. If desired, sprinkle sugar on a plate; dip rim in sugar. In a blender, add tequila, ginger liqueur, raspberry liqueur, lime juice and raspberries. Puree until smooth; pour into prepared glass. Garnish with lime wedge and, if desired, crystalized ginger and raspberries.

STRAWBERRY OR RASPBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Puree berries in food processor, add juice, sugar and salt.
• Strain into pitcher.
• Add tequila, triple sec, chambord, and 1 cup crushed ice.
• Stir or shake thoroughly, 20 to 60 seconds.
• Divide 1 cup ice into slated glasses, pour mix over.
• Serve immediately.

FROZEN RASPBERRY-GINGER MARGARITA

Steps:

• Blend raspberries, tequila, lime juice, agave, ginger, and 2 cups ice in a blender until smooth.
• If desired, rub rims of old-fashioned or rocks glasses with lime; dip rims in salt. Divide cocktail among glasses and serve with lime wheels, if using.

A PERFECT MARGARITA

Steps:

• Salt the rims of 2 large margarita glasses. To do so, pour salt onto a small plate, moisten the rims of the glasses on a damp towel and press them into the salt.
• In a cocktail mixer 3/4 full of ice, combine tequila, Grand Marnier, cointreau, simple syrup, raspberry liqueur and lime juice. Pour in sweet and sour until ice is covered. Shake vigorously and strain into glass.