Stephen's Santa Rita Margaritas

Last April, I was the pampered guest of my friends Kim and Stephen in Arizona.  Our nightly drinks ritual featured Stephen's special fresh orange margheritas.  What a life.  You know you are doing it right, when you can drink every day and be at the edge.  (I know you are supposed to relax, but I prefer being tense.)

So on with the recipe.

Oh yes, it is nice to have margarita glasses.  They have a bubble at the stem for measuring the tequila.

The Blue Agave syrup can be sourced at Trader Joe's or Costco (I know ugly use of noun as verb). Another use for this syrup is for salad - 1 tsp. for a large salad bowl.

Santa Rita Margarita

Makes 1 drink (you make them one at a time).

Ingredients:

1 whole orange
Coarse salt
1 shot clear tequila
1/2 oz. triple sec or cointreau
4 drops Blue Agave syrup
Margarita Mix, lemon and lime



Instructions:

Squeeze the orange in one of those round reamers with a pouring dish.
Put some coarse salt on a small plate (big enough to dip the rim of the glass).
Wet the rim of the glass with a piece of the orange.
Dip the rim of the margarita glass into the salt.
In the margarita glass, add tequila, triple sec, and blue agave syrup.
Add the orange juice.
Fill the glass with Margarita Mix.
Add ice cubes carefully so as not to splash and wash the salt off the rim.
Stir.
Serve.