Recipe: Blood Orange Margaritas

Name: Recipe: Blood Orange Margaritas
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 ounce gold tequila; 1 ounce Aperol; 1 ounce lime juice; 1 ounce freshly squeezed blood orange juice; 1/2 ounce Cointreau / Triple Sec; coarse salt to rim glass; slice of blood orange for garnish

This is definitely a drink that you will want to serve over and over again this spring and summer

1 ounce gold tequila

1 ounce Aperol

1 ounce lime juice

1 ounce freshly squeezed blood orange juice

1/2 ounce Cointreau / Triple Sec

coarse salt to rim glass

slice of blood orange for garnish

Rim a chilled old fashioned glass with coarse salt. Fill the glass half way with ice.

Fill a cocktail shaker half way with ice. Pour in the tequila, Aperol, lime juice, orange juice and triple sec. Shake until chilled and well combined.

Strain into the prepared glass. Top with orange slice and serve immediately.