Classic Margarita
Recipe by: Leslie Brenner
According to an article in Texas Monthly published back in 1974, the Margarita was invented in Juarez, Mexico in 1942 by a bartender named Pancho Morales, and popularized in the 1950s in Los Angeles, California, at a long-running Restaurant Row (La Cienega Blvd.) establishment, Tail O’ the Cock.
I love my Margaritas on the bright side; if you like them sweeter, use a little less lime juice and a little more orange liqueur.
Makes 1 Margarita; batch instructions follow the recipe.
Ingredients
Salt for rimming the glass
2 ounces tequila (blanco or silver are fine)
3/4 ounce Combier, Grand Marnier, Cointreau or other orange liqueur
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 medium-sized, medium-juicy lime)
Instructions
Spread salt on a small plate, rub the rim of a rocks glass with the cut side of a lime, then dip the rim into the salt. Fill the glass with ice and set aside.
Fill a cocktail shaker or jar …