Ingredients: fresh squeezed lime juice, blanco tequila, orange liqueur or triple sec
Recipe:
- 2 oz silver tequila
- 1 oz Cointreau
- 1 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice
Rub a lime over the rim of a rocks glass then twist on a plate of coarse salt so it attaches. Shake the ingredients with ice, then strain into a glass over ice.
Backstory: Like most cocktails, the Margarita’s legend is also murky. The earliest version is of the margarita being invented in 1938 by Carlos “Danny” Herrera at his restaurant Rancho La Gloria, halfway between Tijuana and Rosarito, Baja California, created for customer and former Ziegfeld dancer Marjorie King, who was allergic to many spirits, but not to tequila.