Margarita Recipes: 11 Fun & Different Ways to Enjoy this Classic Cocktail

There is nothing like a perfectly mixed margarita. With summer in full swing and February being Margarita Month (like we needed another excuse!), take your margarita-making skills to greater heights by shaking up the traditional blend. From roasted strawberry and turmeric to jalapeno and grilled watermelon, there are lots of fun ways to blend,  sip and enjoy a margarita.

To help you in your creative endeavours, some of our favourite Tequila brands and restaurants have shared some must-try margarita recipes with a twist. Get shaking!

Tino’s Amaro Margarita

Tino Brunswick has a unique spin on the margarita, with this combination of Herradura Tequila and Amaro Montenegro, a bitter Italian herbal liqueur. 

Glassware: Coupette

Ingredients:

20ml Herradura Plata20ml Metoro Mezcal20ml Amaro Montenegro30ml lime juice7.5ml sugar syrup

Method:

Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake hard.Double strain into glass and serve with ice.Garnish with orange peel on the rim. 

Tino’s Spicy Tommy

Tino Brunswick are also spicing things up with this zesty, sour and fresh Tommy margarita – with added kick of Rocoto chilli. Pow!

Glassware: Rocks 

Ingredients:

50ml Herradura Plata30ml lime juice15ml agave syrup1/4 bar spoon Rocoto Chilli

Method:

Rim glass with chilli flakesAdd all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake hard. Double strain into glass and serve with ice. Garnish with dehydrated lime wheel. 

Mejico Signature Margarita 

Bring Mejico to you with their signature margarita – it includes a unique twist. 

Ingredients:

Sea salt flakes to rim glass40ml freshly squeezed lemon juice10g egg white45ml El Jimador Blanco tequila15ml Triple Sec10ml agave syrup

Method:

Use salt flakes to rim coupe glass. Half fill a shaker with cubed ice.Add all remaining ingredients and shake vigorously for 20-30 seconds.Strain into a salted glass. Enjoy! 

Cocktails By Kurtis x BoozeBud Pa-Tango

Ingredients:

50ml Patrón Silver Tequila 10ml Monin Coconut10ml Monin Mango30ml Lime JuiceCoconut & Black Lava Salt Rim

Method:

Rim glass with lime & desiccated coconut mixed with black lava salt.Add all ingredients into shaker with ice, shake hard for 10 seconds.Strain into chilled coupe glass.

El Jimador Jimmy’s Margarita

Tommy’s Margaritas are so 2022, this year it’s all about Jimmy’s. Sydney’s very own Margarita Maestro, Jeremy Blackmore of Cantina OK! and Tio’s has crafted your next favourite drink by swapping out agave for pineapple syrup alongside el Jimador’s 100% hand-harvested blue weber agave blanco tequila from Mexico. And can we just say; yum!

Ingredients:50ml el Jimador30ml Freshest Lime Juice (approx the juice of 1 whole lime)20ml Pineapple SyrupPinch of saltFull cup of IceGarnish options:Drips of herb oilShichimi spice mix

Method:1. Start by frosting your Coupettes or glasses of choice in the freezer for 1 to 4 hours2. Put the el Jimador, lime juice and pineapple syrup, and salt into a cocktail shaker, add one of the husks of the squeezed limes. Fill to the top with ice. Shake as hard as possible and strain into the frosty cocktail glasses. We like a Coupette but you could pour over ice if you prefer.3. The beautiful thing about this cocktail is how easy it is to dress it up to suit. Dust your glass with Shichimi spice mix to make it a little spicy, add a touch of vanilla into the syrupto make it almost creamy, or like we do at Tios, drip some herb oil for that psychedelic finish.

Pineapple Syrup Recipe

Ingredients:150gm white sugar150ml pineapple juice

Method1. Mix equal-weight pineapple juice (juice it fresh if you can) and white sugar with a pinch of salt and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.2. Option to store the juice in the fridge for 3 to 5 days.

Casamigos Smoky Casa Margarita

Ingredients:

45ml Casamigos Mezcal Joven30ml Fresh Lime Juice20ml Simple Syrup2 Dashes Orange BittersGarnish with a Charred Orange Peel

Method:

Combine all ingredients into tin shaker.Add ice, shake vigorously and strain into rocks glass.Add fresh ice, express natural orange oils from peel over top of cocktail and garnish.

Don Julio Turmericana

Ingredients:

45ml Don Julio Blanco Tequila22ml Ginger honey syrup22ml Lime juice1/2 teaspoon Ground turmeric1/2 teaspoon Sea salt

Method:

Mix tablespoon turmeric, ginger honey syrup in a lowball glass.Add Don Julio Blanco and lime juice.Shake it well with ice.Combine turmeric and salt on a plate. Rim glass with turmeric salt.Strain into glass with ice.Sip and share with friends!

Cointreau Roasted Strawberry Margarita

Ingredients:

30ml Cointreau30ml Mezcal30ml Fresh lime juice60ml Roasted strawberry purée

Method:

To make roasted strawberry purée: Remove strawberry tops, broil-char in the oven. Let cool. Place in blender. Fine strain.Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.Shake and fine strain over ice into a rocks glass.Garnish with lime and roasted strawberry.

Cocktails By Kurtis x BoozeBud Salsa Verde Margarita

Ingredients:

50ml 1800 Reposado Tequila10ml Triple Sec2 Large Pineapple Chunks6 Fresh Coriander Leaves2 Fresh Basil Leaves10ml Agave Nectar30ml LimePinch SaltOven-Baked Pineapple Skin

Method:

Add all ingredients into shaker, crush pineapple.Shake with ice for 10 seconds.Strain over ice in short glass.

Patrón Silver Spicy Jalapeno Margarita

Ingredients:

45 ml Patrón Silver infused with jalapeño*15 ml Flavor puree (blood orange, mango or fresh beet)90 ml Lime juiceSalt rimLime wedge and sliced jalapeño for garnish

Method:

Combine all ingredients over ice in a shaker.Shake and strain into a salt rimmed double old fashioned glass.

*Patrón Silver infused with jalapeño:

Add 2 whole jalapeños cut down the middle and deseeded into 1 bottle of Patrón Silver.Let rest for 12 hours.

Cointreau Grilled Watermelon Margarita

Ingredients:

30ml Cointreau30ml Tequila30ml Fresh lime juice15ml Grilled watermelon syrup15ml Fresh grapefruit juice

Method:

To make grilled watermelon syrup: Cut watermelon into slices and grill until both sides of the watermelon have grill marks.After letting cool, blend with simple syrup (1:1) and then fine strain.Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice.Shake and fine strain over ice into Tajin-salted rocks glass. (3:1 Tajin to kosher salt)Garnish with a lime wheel.

Cocktails by Kurtis x BoozeBud Oaxaca Chilli Marg

Ingredients:

40ml Mezcal20ml Cointreau Liqueur15ml Rhubi Rhubarb Liqueur10ml Monin Pure Cane SyrupPinch Chilli Flakes30ml Lime JuiceRhubarb Slice

Method:

Add all ingredients into shaker.Shake with ice for 10 seconds.Strain over ice in tall glass.

There’s nothing quite like an icy cold margarita, but if you you’re looking for something else to mix it up, then check out our summer drinks roundup.. Or perhaps you’re looking for something delicious to line your stomach with? Then check out these summer seafood recipes.