Fresh Lime Margaritas Recipe

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This basic margarita recipe is easy to modify to your tastes...try it frozen or with strawberries!

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Fresh Lime Margaritas Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

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Ingredients

4 lime wedges
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1/2 cup gold tequila
1/4 cup Triple Sec
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons superfine sugar
1-1/3 cups crushed ice

Directions

Using lime wedges, moisten rims of four glasses. Holding each glass upside down, dip rim into salt; set aside.
In a pitcher, combine the tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, lemon juice and sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Serve in prepared glasses over crushed ice. Yield: 4 servings.

For Frozen Lime Margaritas: Reduce lemon and lime juices to 2 tablespoons each. Increase the superfine sugar to 1/4 cup and the crushed ice to 4 cups. Add 3/4 cup limeade concentrate.
Prepare glasses as directed. In a blender, combine the tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, lemon juice, limeade concentrate, superfine sugar and crushed ice; cover and process until smooth. Yield: 5 cups.
For Frozen Strawberry Margaritas: Follow directions for Frozen Lime Margaritas, except reduce crushed ice to 2 cups and add 2 cups frozen unsweetened strawberries. Yield: 4 cups.

Nutritional Analysis: 1/3 cup equals 149 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 1,413 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Fresh Lime Margaritas in The Taste of Home Cookbook , p46