Blood Orange Margaritas
Created by TiaMia on June 1, 2014
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 0m
- Recipe #12671
Ingredients
- 2 cups blood orange juice (freshly squeezed, about 8 oranges)
- 1/2 cup lime juice (freshly squeezed, about 2 limes)
- 1/2 cup liqueur (orange-flavored)
- 1 3/4 cups tequila (silver tequila)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons agave nectar (to taste)
- Coarse kosher salt (as needed)
- 8 large ice cubes
- Blood orange slices, halved, 1/4 inch thick
- Crushed ice
How to Make
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Step 1: Mix blood orange juice, lime juice, liqueur, tequila and agave nectar; strain into large pitcher. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
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Step 2: Moisten outer rim of 8 glasses with orange or lime, and dip rims into salt to lightly coat.
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Step 3: Add ice to pitcher, and stir well.
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Step 4: Pour into glasses.
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Step 5: Garnish with blood orange slices, and serve over crushed ice.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (201.2 g)
- Calories 150.7
- Total Fat - 0.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.1 g
- Cholesterol - 0.6 mg
- Sodium - 1819.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 27.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.2 g
- Sugars - 20.9 g
- Protein - 1.2 g
- Calcium - 17.5 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 40.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg