MargaritaI Recipe Needed

[phelana]

I love good Margaritas. I abhor Island Oasis and other mixes. They give me very bad acid indigestion. I prefer a good homemade recipe please for my Taco Bar Party Wed. please.

[TimmyNoir]

Yes, stay away from mixes. Margaritas aren't green.

I would agree with everyone else the ratio is generally 2:1:1 - tequila, triple sec, lime juice. I like to use a little less lime in mine and prefer a blanco or cheaper reposado for a margarita. Cointreau is the origin orange liqueur used but Patron has come out with an orange liqueur which I think does a fine job (and costs half the price). And for the budget minded, Aeroplano reposado tequila does fine as well for a margarita (not sure on the availibilty, I'm in the midwest).

Robert Hess does a good demostration of a proper margarita over at Small Screen Network: http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/vid...

[CrazyOne]

On the Patron Citronge, not universal on the price. Cointreau here, 34 bucks, or 30 sometimes on sale. Patron Citronge, $27. Not worth the savings. I started out with Citronge, but when I bought and used the Cointreau I noticed a big, to my taste, improvement.

[phelana]

I do love a little sweetness..could that come from a spoon of sugar??

[CrazyOne]

Proportions, which type of tequila (blanco/silver or reposado), which type of orange liqueur and even the juice are all matters of preference. I happen to like Cointreau and half lemon, half lime for the juice. And I'd say a silver/blanco tequila (they are the same thing, make sure 100% agave). But. We went through this recently. Depending upon how large a party, using Cointreau could be cost-prohibitive. I usually make 'em just a couple at a time, so not such a big deal.

I don't even know what my ratio was the last time I made them, probably roughly 2:1:1.

[invinotheresverde]

There are soooooooooooooooo many margarita posts on this board. You should have no problem finding quite a few of them with a basic search.

[Steve_K]

3 parts reposado, 2 parts cointreau, 1 part lime.

Though not strictly a margarita, I also like:
2 parts reposado, 1 part anejo, 2 parts grand marnier, 1 part lime juice

[ShadowedOne]

The recipe I use is pretty much the standard Classic Margarita recipe:

2 oz Reposado Tequila (I like Milagro)
1 oz Lime Juice (Fresh)
1 oz Cointreau