Description
This four-ingredient blood orange margarita is super easy to make! It’s delicious, refreshing, and a lot less sugar than the commercial margarita mixes you find at a lot of places.
Ingredients
2 ounces quality tequila, I used Epsolon Blanco
3 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1.5 limes)
3 Tablespoons freshly squeezed blood orange juice or any orange you can find (about 1 small orange)
1 1/2 teaspoons of liquid sweetener, I used agave syrup*
Instructions
1.) Freshly squeeze the lime juice and the orange juice in separate bowls and set aside.
2.) Grab your cocktail shaker and put some ice cubes at the bottom of it. Next, add two ounces of tequila, 3 tablespoons of both lime and orange juice. Then add the sweetener – I chose agave and put the top on the shaker and shake to blend the ingredients together.
3.) Add a few cubes of ice to an eight-ounce glass or larger and pour the mixed drink over the ice. Garnish with a lime or orange slice and enjoy! You can also wet the rim of the class prior to adding the ice and dip it into salt for a more traditional margarita experience. I don’t normally like the salt, so I opted out of this step. Cheers!
Notes
*A lot of people don’t like using agave because it is processed sugar. However, it is low on the glycemic index and tastes best to me in this cocktail but feel free to use maple syrup or honey if you prefer. Really any sweetener you chose will work although it might alter the taste and sugar content a bit.
