This margarita recipe is perfect if you find yourself without limes (the horror!). Bonus, you do not need to do a Grand Mariner float in this because there is fresh orange!
Author:Bri McKoy
Yield:11x
Ingredients
Scale
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce honey simple syrup
Juice from half a lemon
Juice from 2 small clementines (or one mandarin or 1/2 an orange)
Kosher salt (optional)
Instructions
Salt rim of glass (optional) by taking the half lemon and moving it across the top of the glass. Turn glass upside down into a plate of salt. Move around to salt glass. Add ice to the glass.
In a shaker filled with ice, add tequila, lemon and clementine juice, and honey simple syrup. Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.
Pour mixture into cup (using a strainer to keep the ice cubes in the shaker from going into the cup).