Ginger Margarita Recipes

GINGER MARGARITA

Steps:

• Bring sugar and water up to a light simmer and cook until all of the sugar is dissolved. Add ginger and steep for 30 minutes. Pour ginger-simple syrup into blender and puree. Strain out pulp and store in a tightly sealed jar or bottle. Will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.
• Pour some bar sugar onto small plate and grate a pinch of nutmeg on top, mix well.
• Add tequila, lime juice, 5 ounces ginger-simple syrup and ice to cocktail shaker and give it a good shake. Run lime wedge around rim of glass and dip in sugar/nutmeg mixture, add ice and pour in contents of shaker, grate a little nutmeg on top and serve with a wedge of lime.

GINGER BEER MARGARITA

Steps:

• Combine the tequila, lime zest, lime juice, orange juice and a few ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and shake for 10 seconds. Pour into a rocks glass over ice. Taste, and stir in some simple syrup if you'd like it sweeter. Top off with the ginger beer and garnish with a lime wedge.

FROZEN GINGER-RASPBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Moisten rim of 1 cocktail glass with lime wedge. If desired, sprinkle sugar on a plate; dip rim in sugar. In a blender, add tequila, ginger liqueur, raspberry liqueur, lime juice and raspberries. Puree until smooth; pour into prepared glass. Garnish with lime wedge and, if desired, crystalized ginger and raspberries.

GINGER MARGARITA (TRUE FOOD)

Steps:

• Ginger Margarita This play on the classic cocktail, adds a little spice to your glass with a homemade ginger honey syrup and aged tequila. Tip: add any sugar based syrups into a cocktail last; otherwise, it sits on the bottom of the glass. Yields: 1, 32 ounce pitcher Ingredients: 7.5 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice *7.5 oz. Ginger Honey Syrup 7.5 oz. St. Germain 15 oz. Gran Centenario Anejo 20 dashed Orange Bitters 8, flamed orange peel Directions: Add all ingredients into pitcher with ice. Whisk vigorously until froth appears, add additional ice and serve in rocks glass. Top with expressed flamed orange peel garnishes. *Ginger Honey Syrup: Ingredients: 6 oz. Hot water 14 oz. Honey 8 oz. Ginger juice Directions: Add honey and ginger juice to hot water and stir until well combined. Add to fridge to chill.

GINGER MARGARITA

Steps:

• Place salt mixture in a shallow dish. Moisten the rim of a rocks glass with one of the lime wedges and dip in salt mixture to coat; set aside.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add tequila, ginger-lime base liquid, and Cointreau; shake to combine and strain into prepared glass. Squeeze remaining lime wedge over glass and add to cocktail. Serve.