Gorgeous red orange color and so smooth, these Blood Orange Margaritas are the best margaritas ever! Full of fresh, crisp flavors that are perfect for sipping.
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The Best Margarita Recipe Ever
I celebrate all the major holidays – including National Margarita Day.
Wait…what? It’s not considered a major holiday? Well, it should be because nothing else delivers like a perfectly prepared margarita. I’ll take margaritas in almost any form, but once I discovered these blood orange margaritas, I knew I had a favorite.
Oh, I don’t like to play favorites – with my children or my margaritas. But c’mon, you know that one child that is just a teensy bit higher up on your list? This margarita is that child.
So smooth. So crisp. So perfect.
Ingredients in the Margarita Recipe
Tequila – you want to use a good quality white tequila.
Salt – for rimming the glass. This margarita lime salt sounds interesting, for this recipe we used some Himalayan pink salt.
Blood Orange Juice – freshly squeezed. Buy oranges when they’re in season and freeze the juice in ice cube trays.
Lime Juice – fresh squeezed, save lime wedge for running along the edge of glass.
Simple Syrup – equal parts water and sugar heated until sugar dissolves. Store in refrigerator for about a month.
Cointreau – or Triple Sec or my Homemade Orange Liqueur also works. Some people only use cointreau in margaritas, while I prefer it’s flavor if sipping straight or in a cocktail where the cointreau flavor would be more forward, in a margarita I am fine with a less expensive liqueur.
Steps for Making a Blood Orange Margarita
Steps 1 and 2 – juice your blood oranges. It’s easiest using a citrus press, we use a commercial juicer and while it’s an investment up front, we’ve had it for 6 years and we still love it! Gather the rest of your ingredients: lime juice, tequila, orange liqueur, salt, and simple syrup.
Steps 3 and 4 – Run a lime wedge along the rim of your glasses and dip in salt to coat the rim. Add tequila to a cocktail shaker.
Steps 5 and 6 – Add blood orange juice and lime juice to cocktail shaker.
Steps 7 and 8 – add orange liqueur to cocktail shaker and then add ice.
Steps 9 and 10 – place lid on cocktail shaker and shake for about 20 seconds.
Steps 11 and 12 – pour into cocktail glass and garnish with a blood orange slice.
That’s it, that’s all there is to making this delicious cocktail!
Blood Orange Cocktails
Blood orange season is fleeting. I wait all year for it and then enjoy every single sip of this margarita. I also enjoy this Blood Orange Whiskey Sour. I’m thinking I need to come up with blood orange gin and tonic, what do you think?
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Blood Orange Margaritas
Ingredients
- Kosher salt for the rim of the glass
- lime wedge
- 1 1/2 ounces tequila silver, blanco
- 1 ounce blood orange juice freshly squeezed
- 1 ounce lime juice freshly squeezed
- 1/2 ounce simple syrup
- 1/4 ounce Cointreau
- ice
Instructions
- Rub rim of margarita glass with lime wedge and dip rim into salt. Hold glass at the angle you like to put as much salt on as you prefer.
- Put the rest of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker and fill about half way with ice. Place the lid on the top and shake vigorously for about 20 seconds.
- Pour into the salt-rimmed margarita glass and serve with the lime wedge.
Notes
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I am sharing this with: Country Cook Weekend Potluck
This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated for 2019.
Alexandra @ It's Not Complicated Recipes says
February 22, 2019 at 6:33 amWell, delicious! Blood orange is a favourite of mine! Can’t wait to try this 🙂
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2019 at 8:05 amYou’ll have to let me know what you think!
curso de brigadeiro says
February 4, 2018 at 1:02 pmHe took an immense bite of tasting that margarita, it must be delicious. Congratulations on posting this recipe.
Lauren @ Wicked Spatula says
May 29, 2015 at 9:06 pmI made quite a few blood orange margaritas when they were in season! So good! Espolón is my favorite tequila for sure!
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
May 29, 2015 at 6:45 pmOh my! I think everything is better with blood oranges, and these margaritas sound fab! Such great color, too! Nice!
Joy @ Joy Love Food says
May 29, 2015 at 5:32 pmI love blood oranges, this is such a pretty color and sounds delicious!
Barbara | Creative Culinary says
May 29, 2015 at 1:08 pmProbably my favorite margarita of all…though I have never quite understood Margarita Day in winter. Unless someone in Australia started it!
Florian @Contentednesscooking says
May 29, 2015 at 7:29 amThis is just perfect for summer! Love the vibrant color!
CiaoFlorentina says
February 24, 2015 at 9:26 pmI’ll take 2 please ! They look amazing! Cheers !
Marye says
February 24, 2015 at 5:57 pmI swear I am making this this weekend.
Ann says
February 22, 2015 at 10:20 pmThere is a national margarita day?!
Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
February 22, 2015 at 5:13 pmI originally was going to make a blood orange margarita too but after I saw there were already two I made jello shots instead haha. Such a great holiday!
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 7:23 pmI saw your jello shots! They look amazing!
Yvette (Muy Bueno) says
February 22, 2015 at 4:50 pmI love blood oranges and I love Espolon tequila — I can only imagine how fantabulous these are. Salud!
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 7:24 pmIt was sooo good!
Leslie Limon says
February 22, 2015 at 4:09 pmWhat a gorgeous looking margarita! I love the ruby red color this margarita gets from the blood oranges.
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 7:24 pmI know! It’s so pretty!
Vianney Rodriguez says
February 22, 2015 at 2:07 pmStunning >> I love blood oranges! Salud!
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 7:24 pmMe too!
Bea says
February 22, 2015 at 1:50 pmI love love love blood oranges and may have had a little obsession with them this year. Nothing beats the vibrant color and the tangy citrusy flavor. So good! ~ Cheers!
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 7:24 pmMe too!
Ericka @NibblesnFeasts says
February 22, 2015 at 12:10 pmI find blood oranges so intriguing because of their color and sweetness. These look amazing! Happy National Margarita Day!!
Jenny B @ Honey and Birch says
February 22, 2015 at 10:08 amThis looks like a great margarita! I didn’t know you all were “celebrating” today but I am too. 🙂
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 11:02 amIt’s the best day to celebrate!
Cindys Recipes and Writings says
February 22, 2015 at 9:40 amWhat gorgeous colors!
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 11:02 amThank you!
Heather // girlichef says
February 22, 2015 at 8:18 amThe best!? Now that just means that I have to whip myself up a batch today! These are so pretty, and definitely sound refreshing – Happy National Margarita Day!
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 11:02 amYou need to make these!!
mae says
February 22, 2015 at 7:33 amI had no idea that so many bloggers were celebrating margarita day! I love anything flavored with blood oranges, so this would probably be my favorite too if I tried a lot of margarita recipes. Though I probably won’t get to it this year.
best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 11:03 amWell, if you ever do, let me know what you think!
Beth says
February 22, 2015 at 6:32 amI love the idea of using blood oranges – that’s one gorgeous drink!
Pam Greer says
February 22, 2015 at 11:03 amAnd, it tastes as good as it looks!