Maria Margarita

Name: Maria Margarita
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: Tequila blanco — 60 ml (2 oz); Pomegranate juice — 15 ml (1/2 oz); Lime juice (freshly squeezed) — 15 ml (1/2 oz); Agave syrup — 10 ml (1/3 oz); Angostura aromatic bitters (opt.) — 2 dashes

A berry and sour tequila cocktail ∙ Shake ∙ 3 min ∙ 17.4% ABV ∙

The Maria Margarita is a shaken tequila sour of tequila blanco, pomegranate juice, lime, and agave syrup, served up in a chilled coupe.

Ingredients

Servings

Garnish

Dehydrated lime wheel

Instructions for 1 serving

Pre-chill a glass
Shake all ingredients with ice: Tequila blanco 60 mlPomegranate juice 15 mlLime juice 15 mlAgave syrup 10 mlAngostura aromatic bitters 2 dashes (opt.)
Fine strain into the chilled glass
Float a dehydrated lime wheel

Tips

The Angostura is optional; add the two dashes to the shaker if you want a drier, spiced edge against the pomegranate.

History

The Maria Margarita is a modern variation on the Maria Theresa Margarita, a tequila Margarita recipe from the Trader Vic's tiki restaurant chain, created by swapping in pomegranate juice for cranberry juice. The Margarita itself has no settled origin: several bartenders and others claimed to have invented it between 1936 and 1948, and most trace it to the 19th-century Daisy family of drinks.