White Christmas Margarita

White Christmas Margarita

Medium
5 minutes
Highball
Soft Zero Proof
Ingredients
  • Frozen cranberries (for ice cubes)1 1/2 cups
  • Tequila blanco1 cup
  • Fresh lime juice2/3 cup, plus 4 lime slices for serving
  • Orange-flavored liqueur (e.g., triple sec)6 tablespoons
  • Unsweetened coconut milk3 tablespoons
  • Superfine sugar3 tablespoons (plus extra for rim mixture)
  • Light corn syrup (for rimming)1/2 cup
  • Extra-fine shredded unsweetened coconut (for rimming)2 tablespoons
  • Kosher salt (for rimming)to taste
Instructions
  1. 1Divide cranberries among a 12-cube ice tray.
  2. 2Fill the tray with water.
  3. 3Freeze until solid.
  4. 4Add tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, coconut milk, and superfine sugar to a cocktail shaker.
  5. 5Fill the shaker with ice.
  6. 6Shake vigorously until very cold.
  7. 7Pour corn syrup onto a shallow plate.
  8. 8Mix superfine sugar, shredded coconut, and kosher salt on another plate.
  9. 9Dip the rim of a glass in corn syrup.
  10. 10Dip the rim in the sugar-coconut-salt mixture.
  11. 11Repeat to coat 4 glasses.
  12. 12Strain the cocktail into two prepared glasses.
  13. 13Add three cranberry ice cubes to each glass.
  14. 14Garnish each glass with a lime slice.
  15. 15Add the remaining tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, coconut milk, and superfine sugar to the shaker.
  16. 16Fill the shaker with ice.
  17. 17Shake vigorously until very cold.
  18. 18Divide between the remaining two prepared glasses.
  19. 19Add three cranberry ice cubes to each glass.
  20. 20Garnish each glass with a lime slice.

Pro Tip

  • Garnish with a lime slice.
Garnish
lime wheel

Tags

Style Classic
Flavor Citrus
Season Winter
Occ Brunch
Serve On Rocks