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Vanilla Margarita

Name: Vanilla Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Reposado tequila; 20 ml Triple sec; 20 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Vanilla sugar syrup; 4 drop Vanilla bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Reposado tequila (100% agave)
²⁄₃ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
²⁄₃ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ fl oz	Monin Vanilla Syrup
4 drop	Vanilla bitters
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

Garnish: Lime wedge

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Method:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into ice-filled chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Vanilla Margarita contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
20.11% alc./vol. (40.21° proof)
20.5 grams of pure alcohol

History

I first drank Vanilla Margaritas in 1998 at London's Café Pacifico and I drank a lot of them. I also drank VDQs (Vanilla Daiquiris) at Teatro on Shaftesbury Avenue - often on the same night. The former (Café Pacifico is an early evening haunt) was made with tequila infused with a vanilla pod while the latter (Teatro was most definitely a place to finish a night) was made with vanilla-infused Havana 3yo rum. And way before that, I drank McDonald's Vanilla shakes and ate vanilla ice-cream. Who doesn't like vanilla?

I used to, and sometimes still do, make my Vanilla Margaritas just the same way as my regular Margaritas, only based on vanilla-infused tequila (Café Pacifico-style) but thanks to a comment by Vincent Dufour on this very page, (on 5th December 2020) I developed this recipe (that's even better when also made with vanilla-infused tequila).

Review

A classic Margarita with a hint of vanilla.

Patron Reposado Tequila 375ml - makes 8 cocktails
$26.99 $3.37 per cocktail Patron Reposado Tequila image

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 18.5 cocktails
$21.99 $1.19 per cocktail Cointreau L'Unique image

Monin Vanilla Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 75 cocktails
$14.99 $0.20 per cocktail Monin Vanilla Syrup (US) image

$4.76 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 8 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Great cocktail and perfect with Mexican food. We did not have the Vanilla Syrup so substituted Giffard Vanille de Madagascar. It was wonderful. Added a bit more alcohol to the drink, but a wonderful flavour.

Vincent Dufour 5y

Can we instead add vanilla syrup ? I think I will try :)

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 5y

Your comment led me to updatd this page in your honour. Many thanks for encouraging me to revisit an old friend.