Classic margaritas get a fresh “shake” when infused with your favorite team colors!
Patriotic Margaritas
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 1
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Simple Syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
Red Cocktail
- 1/4 cup cranberry juice cocktail
- 2 tablespoons (1 oz) silver tequila (clear)
- 2 tablespoons (1 oz) orange-flavored liqueur
- 1 tablespoon simple syrup
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Ice
- Lemon wedge
- Colored sugar
Instructions
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Step1To make simple syrup, mix sugar and water in 1-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool, about 1 hour. Pour syrup into glass jar, cover jar and refrigerate until needed. 1 1/4 cups (use 1 tablespoon per margarita).
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Step2To prepare cocktail, add cranberry juice, tequila, orange-flavored liqueur, simple syrup and lemon juice to cocktail shaker filled with ice. Cover and shake. Rub rim of martini glass with lemon wedge; dip in sugar. Strain cocktail into glass.
Nutrition
230
Calories
0g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
31g
Total Carbohydrate
26g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cocktail
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 0
- Total Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 0g
- 0%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 0mg
- 0%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 31g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 26g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 35%
- 35%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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