Name: Randy’s Famous Margaritas
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients: 3 cups Jose Cuervo margarita mix; 7 ounces Jose Cuervo Gold tequila; 5 ounces triple sec; 3½ ounces Grand Marnier®; 1½ ounces Cointreau

Drinks

Randy’s Famous Margaritas

Author: Mary DiSomma

Like many popular drinks, more than one person has claimed to have invented the margarita. One of the more popular stories is that the margarita was invented in 1938 by Carolos “Danny” Herrera at his restaurant Rancho La Gloria, halfway between Tijuana and Rosarito in the Baja region of California. It was said to have been created for Marjorie King, a frequent customer and former Ziegfeld Follies dancer who happened to be allergic to many hard spirits, but not tequila.

My favorite margarita recipe is known in my family as "Randy’s" Famous Margarita. We are not entirely sure who this “Randy” character is or was. But in our minds, it is a world famous recipe! The recipe below does seem to bear a passing resemblance to the “Cadillac” margarita, but this version adds a little more complexity in the guise of three types of orange liqueur.

Randy’s Famous Margaritas

Served in a glass with a salted rim, a classic margarita is the perfect combination of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. This version adds a little more complexity in the guise of three types of orange liqueur.

Yield: 6 Servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes 10 min
Total Time: 10 minutes 10 min

Ingredients

Instructions

Spread salt evenly on a plate.
Cut a notch in the middle of a lime wedge; slide the lime around the rim of a cocktail glass.
Tilt the glass and roll the outer edge in the salt. Shake off excess.
Place the margarita mix, tequila, triple sec, Grand Marnier, and Cointreau in a pitcher and stir.
When ready to serve, pour margarita mixture into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well.
Strain the margarita into the glass with the salted rim and serve. Of course you can skip the cocktail shaker and just pour this delicious concoction right over ice. It's a winner either way.

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