Drinkin' with Laura?: Homemade Margaritas!

That's right, no pre-made mixes here! This is a long overdue post about how we make our weekly margaritas that you have seen here, here, and here. It is absolutely pain-staking how much sugar is in those pre-made mixes, and the fact that you don't have to refrigerate them... Gross! This recipe is awesome, and who better to present it to us than the master herself: Laura Vitale (I think I should probably get paid for advertising for her! Lol!).

As always, you can watch how Laura makes this recipe here.


Ingredients:

3/4 cup of Tequila
½ cup of Fresh Orange Juice
½ cup of Fresh Lime Juice
3 tbls simple syrup

Process:

1. We do not use fine sugar as she suggests, because we buy organic sugar, and fine organic sugar is really hard to find. In order to do this, we just heat up equal parts sugar and water over the stove, just until it is dissolved. The secret to this is to swirl the pot, don't stir it.

Before

After

2. In a large pitcher, add all of the ingredients and stir well, add the crushed ice and let it sit for a couple minutes so that the mixture gets icy cold.

3. To serve, rim a glass with some lime juice and dip it in either salt (Cole's favorite) or sugar (Michelle's favorite), pour the margarita mix in your glass and bottoms up!

 

These are soooooo delicious! And there is also a virgin version of this for all of you pregnant women, under-21's, or those of you who just don't prefer alcohol. You can find a recipe for that here. 

Enjoy your day!

-M