Name: Christmas Margarita
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Tequila reposado; 20 ml Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.); 10 ml Falernum liqueur; 20 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Cranberry juice (sweetened); 4 Margarita bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Orange zest twist (discarded) & rosemary sprig spiked with cranberries or float a dehydrated orange slice

How to make:

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

1 1/2 fl oz	Patrón Reposado tequila
2/3 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40% alc./vol.)
1/3 fl oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
2/3 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
4 drop	Difford's Margarita Bitters
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Review:

The Cosmopolitan meets the Margarita in this gloriously pink cocktail.

Variant:

Satin Sheet

History:

A Christmas cocktail created in October 2011 by yours truly and then revisited in November 2020.

Christmas Margarita (2011 recipe)
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Orange Zest twist
Method: SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
45ml / 1½oz Reposado tequila
45ml / 1½oz Cranberry juice
15ml / ½oz Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge
15ml / ½oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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Nutrition:

One serving of Christmas Margarita contains 185 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
20.39% alc./vol. (40.78° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

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