Margaritas
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 31. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup lime or lemon juice
- 1/2 cup tequila
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup orange liqueur
- Ice cubes
Instructions
- Stir together lime or lemon juice, tequila, sugar, orange liqueur, and 1 cup cold water till sugar dissolves. Serve over ice.
- Blended Margaritas: Prepare as above, except place lime or lemon juice, tequila, sugar, and orange liqueur in a blender container. Cover; blend till sugar dissolves. With blender running, add 3 cups ice cubes, one at a time, through opening in lid. Blend till slushy. Makes 7 (about 4-ounce) servings.
- Frozen Margaritas: Prepare as above, except use 2 cups cold water. Transfer mixture to an 8x4x2-inch or 9x5x3-inch pan. Freeze several hours or till firm. To serve, scrape a large spoon across surface of frozen mixture. Spoon into glasses. Makes 7 (about 4-ounce) servings.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Memorial Day margaritas.jpg" by Rick A. (rick); license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_Day_margaritas.jpg. Cropped/resized.
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