margaritas | Little Observationist Scrapbook

It’s muggy. Hot night. End of summer. Winter looming. So most nights since I’ve been back in New York, we mix up margaritas and sit out on the porch. Crickets chirping. Everything dark besides the flickering candles lining the table. So margarita recipes are catching my eye now. Here’s one from Cupcakes and Cashmere (a lovely blog which you should definitely pay a visit to when I finish here) that’s on the list: Orange and Lime.

Instructions:

2 limes
1/2 orange
2 1/2 oz. tequila
1 oz triple sec
1/4 oz. agave syrup
1/4 oz. Grand Marnier

In a cocktail shaker with ice, juice 2 limes and 1/2 orange. Add tequila, triple sec, and simple syrup. Shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain over glass with new ice cubes and float Grand Marnier on top.

My mom and I had a margarita day a few days ago. First we ordered blackberry margaritas at TGI Fridays and then came home and made more of our own with raspberry and nectarines. I think this recipe from The Texas Outdoors will be next:

1 shot (1 ounce) tequila
1 shot (1 ounce) Cointreau
1/4 fresh mango, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
juice of 1/2 Mexican or Key lime
1 cup crushed ice
2 Mexican or Key lime slices, for garnish
Combine the tequila, Cointreau, mango, orange juice, lime juice, and ice in a blender and blend until slushy.

Serve in large cocktail glasses.