With the summer heat fast approaching, you’ll no doubt want to enjoy a cool beverage that will quench your thirst to the fullest. This is where a blackberry margarita comes in. Here is your guide to concocting a refreshing blackberry margarita as your perfect summer beverage.
Ingredients:
- 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups fresh blackberries
- 8 ounces blanco (white) tequila
- 2 ounces Cointreau
- ice
- fresh blackberries
Instructions
- Pour a 1/4 cup granulated sugar and water into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and whisk frequently before adding blackberries and crush with a potato masher. Strain the mixture through a liquid measuring cup, ensuring to extract as much of the liquids as you can. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Grate 1/2 teaspoon lime zest from the lime and cut the zest into wedges.
- Add sugar and salt to lime zest and rub the zest around the rims of 4 glasses.
- Pour the blackberry syrup, Cointreau, blanco tequila, and lime juice into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake for about 20 seconds.
- Divide cocktail among glasses and garnish with blackberries before serving.
