Bottom’s Up: It’s National Margarita Day!

By February 21, 2024Mixology News

Happy National Margarita Day! Every February 22nd, we celebrate the harmonious combination of tequila, lime, and a salted rim.

Kickstart your weekend with the recipes below, because the only thing better than a margarita, is another margarita! Cheers!

Charles Voudouris, personal chef for Robert Downey, Jr., uses a passion fruit reduction to temper fiery serrano-infused lime juice in his Passionate Serrano.

Passionate Serrano Margarita

by Charles Voudouris / Team Downey / Venice, CA

Ingredients

  • 3 oz. Don Julio Silver Blanco Tequila
  • 2 oz. Grand Marnier Liqueur (+½ oz.)
  • 4 oz. Passion Fruit Reduction*
  • ¼ cup Agave Nectar Simple Syrup**
  • ¼ cup Serrano-Infused Lime Juice*** (+1 Tbsp)
  • Lime-Sea Salt**** Rim

Preparation

  1. Place all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake for 30 seconds vigorously.
  2. Dip the top of glass in serrano-infused lime juice then the sea salt mixture.
  3. Pour shaker into a tall glass with 1 square ice cube.
  4. Garnish with 1 tablespoon of chopped serrano chiles on top and half ounce of Grand Marnier floater.

*Passion Fruit Reduction


Ingredients

  • 1 cup The Perfect Purée Passion Fruit
  • Concentrate, thawed
  • 12 oz. Passion Fruit Juice

Preparation

  1. Place the Passion Fruit Concentrate and juice in a medium-sized saucepan.
  2. Reduce over medium heat and simmer for 1 hour.
  3. Remove from heat and place in fridge to chill.

**Agave Nectar Simple Syrup


Ingredients

  • ½ cup Agave Nectar, light
  • ½ cup Water
  • 1 piece Star Anise, toasted

Preparation

  1. Combine water, agave nectar and toasted star anise.
  2. Bring to a boil in a small saucepan.
  3. Let simmer for 15 minutes and remove.

***Serrano Infused Lime Juice


Ingredients

  • Juice of 6 Limes
  • 4 Serrano Chiles, deseeded and pounded in mortar and pestle
  • 2 Mint Sprigs
  • Pinch of Kosher Salt

Preparation

  1. Combine sea salt and zest of 1 lime.
  2. Juice limes into large bowl and deseed and chop Serrano Chiles.
  3. Muddle chiles with a mortar and pestle until soft.
  4. Add lime juice in batches while working into the chile.
  5. Season with sea salt and mint at end.

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Blood Orange Rosemary Margarita offers a seasonal take on the favorite drink holiday with blood-orange rosemary syrup and Grand Marnier.

Photo by Justin McChesney-Wachs

Blood Orange-Rosemary Margarita

by Justin McChesney-Wachs / (IG: @saltpepperskillet) / Salt Pepper Skillet

Ingredients

  • ¾ oz. Tequila
  • ¾ oz. Grand Marnier
  • 2 oz. Blood Orange-Rosemary Syrup*
  • ¾ oz. Lime Juice
  • Agave Syrup, to taste

Preparation

  1. Combine the blood orange concentrate and water in a small saucepan (2 to 1 ratio).
  2. Add ½ cup sugar, a small pinch of salt, the rosemary sprigs and bring to 180°F on the stove (no higher).
  3. Chill completely before using in the margarita.

*Blood Orange-Rosemary Syrup


Ingredients

  • ¼ cup The Perfect Purée Blood Orange Concentrate, thawed
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 4 rosemary sprigs

Preparation

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Mixologist Christina Maffei’s Maffei Margarita puts a tropical spin on the classic with the requisite blanco tequila, lime and Cointreau plus a surprising burst of fresh pineapple purée.

Photo by Sarah Gualtieri

Maffei Margarita

by Mixologist Christina Maffei

Ingredients

  • ½ oz. Blanco Tequila
  • ¼ oz. Cointreau
  • ¾ oz. The Perfect Purée Carmelized Pineapple Concentrate, thawed
  • ¾ oz. Fresh Lime Juice
  • ½ oz. Simple Syrup

Preparation

  1. Shake ingredients with ice and pour into a highball glass rimmed with red salt or sugar.
  2. Garnish with a lime and serve.

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