Friday, September 25, 2009

Best Margarita Recipe and Best Mai Tai Recipe

  • Skinny Margarita Recipe
    • Fill up the shaker with ice almost to the top
    • Squeeze 1/4 lemon
    • Squeeze 1/2 lime and grate some lime rind into shaker
    • Pour 4 oz of Tropicana fresh squeezed orange juice (with or without pulp)
    • Pour 2 oz of Triple Sec (Montezuma's works just fine)
    • Pour 3+ oz of tequila
    • Shake well and pour into glass
  • Mai Tai Recipe
    • 2 parts dark rum
    • 2 parts gold rum
    • 1 part Cointreau (or triple sec as a more affordable option)
    • 1 part Amaretto (or Torani almond syrup, but that can be hard to find)
    • Juice of 1 lime
    • 2 or 3 dashes of Grenadine