Name: Blood Orange Margarita
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Blanco tequila; 15 ml Triple sec; 5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Blood orange juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Blood Orange Margarita
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Patrón Silver blanco tequila
¹⁄₂ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Blood orange juice
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
RIM glass with salt (moisten outside edge with lime or orange juice and dip into salt).
Prepare garnish of blood orange slice wheel.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with blood orange slice.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Notes of tequila, orangey triple sec, bittersweet liqueur, blood orange and lime juice all sit in perfect kilter in this tasty riff on the classic Margarita.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2000 by Ben Davidson in Sydney, Australia.
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Nutrition:

One serving of Blood Orange Margarita contains 138 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
16.66% alc./vol. (16.66° proof)
14.2 grams of pure alcohol

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Susan Williams

8th June at 00:40

I’m not a big Campari fan so I subbed Nonnino Amaro and it was fantastic. I would guess the flavor profile changes a lot with the bitter Campari.

John Hinojos

6th May at 00:20

Love this. Wanted a dryer version, so we left out the cane syrup. Was perfect as an aperitivo.

Chris Brislawn

6th April at 02:28

Garnett and Grant are right; it was excellent with an added half-ounce of extra-smoky mezcal, especially after "taming" it by teaming the mezcal with anejo tequila and a little more deep-purple blood orange and lime juice. A more complex, more colorful variation on the margarita.

Joanne Waldie

24th March at 20:08

Unlike almost everyone else... I confess I was a bit underwhelmed. Felt a bit watered down to me... lacked complexity and kick compared to other Margaritas. I did sub Campari for strucci which may be the issue....

Egg McKenzie

5th March at 18:40

good.

Yossi Burg

1st June 2024 at 09:22

Lime and blood orange together! An excellent Margarita riff - extremely fresh tasting with blanco tequila.

Calvin Grant

16th March 2024 at 01:28

Even better with tequila/mezcal split!

Ian Fenton

2nd December 2023 at 11:36

Skipped the salt rim and added some saline instead, and switched the sugar syrup for agave. Fantastic, if dangerously easy-drinking, on a hot summer night.

Same substitutions but also mezcal in for the tequila… even better.

Matthew Kay

17th July 2023 at 08:21

Very nice even though I accidentally used a pink grapefruit instead of the orange think it enhanced the campari but it wasn't too bitter.

Miguel Perales

4th April 2023 at 22:25

An amazingly good Margarita riff. Fantastic blood orange flavor throughout. Not bitter at all and the salt actually balances out this cocktail. Recommend this one.