AZUL’S MARGARITA

One of our favorite Mexican food restaurants makes a killer margarita that has a splash of cranberry juice, and we can’t resist having at least one when we go there – sometimes as many as two if we are eating enough food to absorb the alcohol so we can safely drive home.  We sat at the bar and watched them make it one time so this is our version as close as we can get to theirs.  It is always received well, especially because it isn’t too sweet or too tart.  Eric made these for the YaYas when we were in LA, and he did a superb job – we definitely had our limit!

2 jiggers 100% blue agave tequila
1 jigger cointreau
½ - 1 jigger fresh lime juice (to your taste)
2 jiggers water
½ jigger agave syrup
Less than 1/8 jigger unsweetened cranberry juice (not cranberry juice cocktail)
Ice cubes

Mix all ingredients in a shaker with a little ice.  If you wish you make salt the rim of the glass with margarita salt.  Put a little ice in the glass and pour in the mixture.

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