Here’s the perfect Irish margarita recipe for St. Patrick’s Day! Fruity and sweet, this green cocktail will win you over with its tropical flavor, emerald green color and gold sugar rim. Forget the green beer!
Servings2
Calories418kcal
Ingredients
- 4 ounces reposado tequila
- 2 ounces blue curacao
- 2 ounces peach schnapps
- 1 ounce Irish whiskey
- 1 ounce Aperol
- 1 ounce lime juice
- 8-12 ounces pineapple juice depends on personal taste
- 2 rounds lime for garnish
- Gold sugar crystals for rim
- Corn syrup for rim
- 1 cup shaved ice Blend 2 cups ice in the blender until it’s like snow
Instructions
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Carefully spread corn syrup on the rims of 2 margarita glasses
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Pour the gold sugar crystals out on a plate.
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Run the rims of the glasses through the sugar crystals to coat.
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Use a big cookie scoop add a rounded scoop of ice to each of the glasses.
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Add the tequila, curacao, schnapps, whiskey, Aperol, and juices to a shaker filled with ice.
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Shake for a few seconds.
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Pour half into each glass.
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Garnish with a round of lime.
Notes
- Tequila doesn’t freeze so keep it in the freezer. Margaritas are best very cold.
- Shake vigorously in an ice filled shaker for about a minute. The more air bubbles you add to the drink the better it will taste.
- Fresh lime juice is much more flavorful than bottled.
- Use colored sugar crystals mixed with lime zest to make the rims extra special.
Nutrition
Calories: 418kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 147mg | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin C: 15.6mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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