Blood Orange Margarita Recipe

Blood orange margarita

Name: Blood orange margarita
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Makes 4
Ingredients: ½ tsp sea salt flakes; ½ tsp caster sugar; a large pinch hot chilli powder; for the glass rims and to serve blood orange slices; 200ml tequila; 150ml blood orange juice (freshly squeezed); 1 lime juiced; 100ml triple sec

Adam Bush

Published: March 10, 2021 at 11:56 AM

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Makes 4

Easy

Total time: 5 mins

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Blood oranges add a beautiful ruby red hue to a pitcher of margaritas. Remember to add a large pinch of hot chilli powder to really make your cocktail sing!

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Try this recipe for blood orange margaritas, then check out our classic margarita recipe, frozen margarita, spicy margarita, picante cocktail and margarita mocktail. For another citrusy cocktail, try our sidecar recipe.

Ingredients

½ tsp sea salt flakes
½ tsp caster sugar
a large pinch hot chilli powder
for the glass rims and to serve blood orange slices
200ml tequila
150ml blood orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 lime

juiced
100ml triple sec

Method

step 1

Tip the sea salt flakes, sugar and chilli powder onto a plate and mix. Run a blood orange slice over the rims of four glasses, then dip them in the salt and sugar mixture. Fill the glasses with lots of crushed ice.
step 2

In a bowl or jug, mix together the tequila, orange juice, lime juice and triple sec, add some ice and stir really well until chilled. Strain into the four glasses and serve with a blood orange slice or wedge on the rims.

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Adam BushDeputy food editor

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