Cranberry Holiday Margarita

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Recipe by Catherine Pla

Makes 1 cocktail

Cranberry Holiday Margarita

This holiday-perfect cocktail will be a great addition to all of your Christmas toasts.

Sugared cranberries:

  • 2 t lime juice

  • 2 T granulated sugar

For salted rims:

  • Lime wedges

  • 1 t kosher salt

  • 2 t red and green sparkling sugar

Recipe for 1 cocktail:

  • 2 oz good-quality blanco tequila

  • 2 oz cranberry juice cocktail

  • 1 oz fresh lime juice

  • 1 oz triple sec

Garnish: lime wheel and sugared cranberries

Make sugared cranberries by tossing berries with lime juice. Drain juice and toss berries with sugar. Pour onto a plate to dry.

Sugar/salt the rims of the glasses by placing salt and sugars on a plate. Wet rims of glasses by running a lime wedge around the edge. Roll rims through the salt. Set aside.

Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add tequila, cranberry juice, lime juice, and triple sec. Shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into the prepared glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with lime wheel and sugared cranberries.

DrinksCharlotte Pla