Blood Orange Margaritas with Chile-Salt Rim

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    Cocktail
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Convivir: Modern Mexican Cuisine in California’s Wine Country

By Rogelio Garcia

Published 2024

  • About

There are many stories about the origin of Mexico’s most ubiquitous cocktail. One surrounds Acapulco socialite and tequila aficionado Margarita Sames, whose extravagant parties created quite a buzz in the late 1940s. Experimenting with her favorite spirit in hopes of creating a drink that would impress her guests, Margarita mixed tequila, lime juice, and Cointreau, successfully creating a cocktail that her party-going friends absolutely loved. From there, the word spread, and the margarita