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- From: "Susan S. Martin" <smartin@lamar.ColoState.EDU>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: The Ultimate Margarita
- Date: 17 Feb 1995 16:02:17 -0600
- Organization: Cosmic Donut
- Message-ID: <52270.smartin@lamar.colostate.edu>
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- The Ultimate Margarita
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- 8 oz fresh lime juice, strained
- 8 oz triple sec
- 12 oz tequila
- splash of orange juice (ca. 1-2 oz, to your taste)
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- Prepare margarita glasses by moistening the edge
- with a lime sliver, then dipping in coarse salt.
- Combine ingredients in a quart container, shake
- vigorously, add a few ice cubes and shake again.
- Serve over lots of ice in the salt-rimmed glasses.
- Drop in a sliver of fresh lime.
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- Hints and comments:
- ..there is no substitute for _fresh_ lime juice
-
- ..even if you think the recipe above will be too
- "limey" or acidic for you, try it...it'll grow on you!
-
- ..there's no need to use a really expensive
- tequila, but look for one that has a "NOM" code;
- don't buy the real cheapies that lack it.
-
- ..Triple Sec can be obtained at several alcohol levels;
- to reduce the potency of these margies, use a lower alcohol
- version.
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- ..if possible, make 12-24 hours ahead and refrigerate;
- flavors meld together.
-
- ..for convenience, I use a "famous-brand" plastic
- quart container that is marked in 4 oz increments.
- I strain the lime juice directly into a 1-cup
- measure, dump that into the container, add the
- triple sec and tequila to the appropriate marks,
- shake like everything, and it's ready.
-
- ..if you don't want your margies on ice, use a _lot_
- more ice in the mixture and pour into smaller
- glasses---these are POTENT, and need dilution as
- they are consumed!
-
- Sue Martin
- (...famous among her friends for "Killer Margaritas"...)
- Fort Collins, Colorado/Santa Fe, New Mexico
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