Valentine’s Day Cocktail: Heartthrob Margarita

January 31, 2023
Heartthrob Margarita

By Maren Swanson @lovehappyhour.com

Ingredients:

  • 1 & ½ oz silver or blanco tequila
  • 1 oz blood orange juice
  • ¾ oz fresh lime juice
  • ¾ oz triple sec
  • *1/2 oz homemade raspberry syrup or Blackberry Patch raspberry syrup
  • Ice

Garnish:

  • Blood orange heart (made carefully with a paring knife), raspberries. If choosing to rest the heart on the rim of the glass, then cut a 1/2″ slice and the bottom of heart and position on the rim. Rim salt: kosher salt and red sugar
  • Use your finger to “glaze” the glass with some of the blood orange juice or lime, then dip outside of rim of the glass into the sugar/salt mix.

Raspberry Simple Syrup:

  • *Bring a ½ cup of water and a ½ cup of sugar to a boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and add 12 muddled raspberries. Let steep for 30 minutes. Strain if you prefer no seeds. Refrigerate for up to a week in an airtight container.

Directions:

  • Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over a fresh glass of ice. Enjoy!
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