Blood Orange Margaritas

While I love a good old-fashioned lime margarita, I have really been enjoying trying all these flavored varieties lately. Using the different fruits that are in season not only make a delicious drink, but a pretty one to boot! I mean, c'mon now...look at that pretty red drink. Bee-yoo-tiful!

 

I tend to be a little late to the game for Blood Oranges and Meyer Lemons, and I just nearly missed them completely this year! Fortunately I managed to scoop up a dozen or so, with these margaritas already in mind. The first time I saw a blood orange, it kind of freaked me out. The color just looks so...wrong. But once I tasted one, the dark red flesh of the fruit no longer bothered me. And mixed with tequila and lime.....perfecto!!

 

With just a couple of weeks left to get blood oranges, you need to make these!!

Blood Orange Margaritas

As seen on Confections of a Foodie Bride

Ingredients

• 3 oz tequila
• 2 oz orange liqueur
• 2 oz fresh-squeezed lime juice
• 4 oz fresh-squeezed blood orange juice (~3-4 oranges)
• 1 oz simple syrup
• Sugar for glass rims
• Blood orange slices, for garnish

Preparation

1. In a small pitcher, combine the tequila, orange liqueur, lime and orange juices, and simple syrup.
2. Run and orange slice around the rim of two glass, dip the rims in sugar, and fill with ice. Pour the margarita into the ice-filled glasses and enjoy!