{"id":5973,"date":"2016-05-13T11:12:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2016-05-13T11:12:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:12:56","slug":"margaritas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/?p=5973","title":{"rendered":"Margaritas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone loves a great margarita! It\u2019s been popular in the U.S. since the early 50&#8217;s, and there are a lot of opinions on what makes a great margarita.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Margarita-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"Margarita\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5979 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 262px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 262\/300;\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Poppy\u2019s Margarita from my book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sips-Apps-Contemporary-Cocktails-Appetizers\/dp\/0811864065\">Sips &amp; Apps<\/a> that features a housemade Spicy Chipotle-Lime Sour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A classic &#8216;rita is typically made with tequila, fresh lime, a touch of simple syrup or agave nectar, and triple sec or orange liqueur. Let\u2019s review our options.<\/p>\n<p>The Tequila choices are vast:<\/p>\n<ul>\n\u2022   <u>Silver<\/u> is ideal for a fresh, bright margarita or made with fresh fruits.<br \/>\n\u2022   <u>Reposado<\/u> is aged a minimum of 2 months &#8211; 12 months in wooden casks. This light aging process rounds out a few of the rough edges found in many unaged tequilas.<br \/>\n\u2022   <u>A\u00f1ejo<\/u> is aged more than 1 year and wonderfully smooth. It&#8217;s best for sipping on their own, but use it in a margarita if you like or add it as a float for depth of flavor.<\/ul>\n<p>Margarita MUSTS include starting with a good tequila, using FRESH SQUEEZED lime juice, orange liqueur (triple sec, Grand Marnier, or Cointreau) or a squeeze of orange works great too. Now sweeten to taste with a touch simple syrup <u>or<\/u> agave nectar.<\/p>\n<p>Some like salt rims; some do not. I&#8217;m 50\/50 and like a half rim of salt (my preference being kosher). Or there are tasty salt rimmers:check out my video for <a href=\"http:\/\/smallscreennetwork.com\/video\/627\/liquid_kitchen_citrus_salt\">Sweet Citrus Salt<\/a>. And of course, there are the \u201cadd-ins,\u201d a splash of cranberry juice, pomegranate, fresh berries \u2026 the possibilities are endless!<\/p>\n<p>Here is a basic margarita recipe you can get creative with:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nBasic Margarita Recipe<\/strong><br \/>\nMakes 1 cocktail<\/p>\n<p>1 1\/2 \u2013 2 oz tequila of your choice<br \/>\n3\/4 oz fresh squeezed lime juice<br \/>\n1\/2 \u2013 3\/4 oz simple syrup or agave nectar (thinned out a bit)<br \/>\n1\/4 oz orange liqueur (triple sec, Cointreau, or Grand Marnier)<\/p>\n<p>Build drink in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice, cap and shake.<br \/>\nPour into a glass, garnish with a lime wheel, and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>So starting shaking and cheers to a great margarita! \u2013Kathy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone loves a great margarita! It\u2019s been popular in the U.S. since the early 50&#8217;s, and there are a lot of opinions on what makes a great margarita. Poppy\u2019s Margarita from my book Sips &amp; Apps that features a housemade Spicy Chipotle-Lime Sour A classic &#8216;rita is typically made with tequila, fresh lime, a touch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11760],"tags":[2018,11266,11262,11855,293,282,2658,4095,3620,1030,2007,6269,6270,86,6604,7343,11263,11859,8403,466,3550,824,340,11264,662,11265,88,1132],"class_list":["post-5973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dishing-with-kathy-casey-blog","tag-agave-nectar","tag-anejo-tequila","tag-basic-margarita-recipe","tag-cocktails","tag-kathy-casey","tag-kathy-casey-food-studios","tag-kathy-casey-liquid-kitchen","tag-komo-news","tag-komo-news-radio","tag-lime","tag-lime-juice","tag-lime-wheel","tag-limes","tag-margaritas","tag-news-radio","tag-orange-liqueur","tag-poppys-margarita","tag-recipes","tag-reposado-tequila","tag-salt","tag-silver-tequila","tag-simple-syrup","tag-sips-apps","tag-spicy-chipotle-lime-sour","tag-sugar","tag-sweet-citrus-salt","tag-tequila","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}