This Margarita
recipe debuted at the recent
gathering in North Carolina.
For references, please contact ccunning, JaubertMoniker, and Void_Ptr. There were others, but I was drinking them too and the whole night is kind of blurry.
Ingrediants:
- Premium Tequila. I used Patron Anejo. It is expensive, but just about the best you can buy.
- Grand Marnier. This really can't be substituted. Sorry.
- 1 lime per drink. A real lime, no fake juice stuff.
- A little sugar.
While you are mixing the liquids, you can have your test subject cutting and squeezing the lime into a separate container.
Mix one part tequila(about two ounces), one part Grand Marnier, and a pinch of sugar into a martini shaker. (I'm sure a regular glass or something would work, but style counts.) When the lime juice is ready, it should come out to be about 1 part lime juice, but a little less is fine. Pour it into the mixer.
Add ice to the shaker. Shake well, then strain into a glass. Serve.
Salt: If you want to salt the rim of the glass: run a piece of the lime around the rim of the glass. Pour some salt into a small saucer. Kosher salt works best. Put the glass upside down in the salt, and move it around.
NOTE: If you were paying attention, you noticed that there is not a lot of mixer diluting the alchohol in this margarita. It is, in fact, as strong as most shots you will order in your local bar. You have been warned.