Margarita Recipes to Make You Forget It's Winter
Yes, it's still winter, and it still feels like it for many of us. But, there are some sunny pockets around the country where temperatures are warming up and the pool doesn't sound like such a crazy idea, after all. In honor of National Margarita Day, we've rounded up some of our most refreshing margarita recipes from Loews Hotels locations — each of them a place where the term "winter" is relative. Try whipping up one at home and you'll quickly forget what season it is.
The Locals Only
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
This spicy concoction is made with the hotel's Flavor partner El Machete Microbrew Chili Sauce, and is available at all bars and restaurants at the hotel.
- 2 oz Angelisco Blanco
- ½ oz White Peach Monin
- ½ oz Fresh Lime Juice
- ¼ oz El Machete “Burning Spear” – Mango, Orange Habanero Peppers, Pineapple, White Vinegar, Kosher Salt
Shake with ice, and serve over ice in a tumbler glass.
The Prickly Pear Margarita
This Insta-worthy favorite is the perfect antidote to the warm Tucson sun, and utilizes the flavor of the local Arizonan prickly pear cactus. You can sample it any of the resort's bars.
- 1 ¼ ounce of Herradura Silver Tequila
- ½ ounce of triple sec
- ½ ounce fresh lime juice
- ¾ ounce of local prickly pear syrup
- Combine Herradura Silver Tequila with triple sec, prickly pear syrup, lime juice and ice in a shaker. Shake to dissolve the syrup.
- Pour it into a salted rim rocks glass with fresh ice.
- Garnish with a fresh lime.
- Blend with ice to make a frozen cocktail.
The Sapphire Margarita
Another colorful stunner, this tropics-infused margarita can be found at all of the resort's bars, including Amatista Cookhouse, Strong Water Tavern, and Drhum Club Kantine.
-1–½ oz Patron Anejo Tequila
-½ oz blue curacao
-1 oz simple syrup
-1 oz fresh lime juice
- In a mixing tin with ice, measure out all ingredients.
- Cover and shake vigorously for 15 seconds.
- Rim a rocks glass with salt, fill with ice and strain the cocktail into the glass.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
“Ancho-Rita" Mezcal Margarita
This mezcal margarita is the perfect accompaniment at the pool — which is where you'll find it at Loews Coronado, on the menu at the poolside La Cantina, which reopens for the season on March 1st.
- 1½ oz Mezcal – Casamigos
- ¾ oz Ancho Reyes Verde (green chili liqueur)
- ½ oz lime juice
- ¾ oz agave nectar
- 4 medium cubes of pineapple to muddle
- 1 lime wheel for garnish
- Salt to taste for rimming glass
In a shaker, add agave, pineapple and lime juice.
Muddle pineapple until juice has been extracted from fruit.
Add Ancho Reyes liqueur, Mezcal and ice to shaker and shake until shaker is frosty on the outside.
Apply lime juice to rim of glass and adhere salt to lime.
Fill rimmed glass with ice. Through a Hawthorne strainer, pour the contents of the shaker over ice.
Garnish with a fresh lime wheel.
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Cleo's Cup
An elegant take on a classic margarita from H² Kitchen & Bar, the Cleo's Cup is inspired by one of this year’s Oscar-nominated Best Picture films, Roma.
- 1 oz 123 Blanco Tequila
- ½ oz fresh lime juice
- ¼ oz agave nectar
- 3 oz Lunetta Prosecco
Assemble tequila, lime juice and agave in martini shaker.
Strain into salt rimmed flute and top with Prosecco.
Add lime twist to glass and serve.
Cheers!
