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Ingredients
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Classic Margarita
Mojito
Old Fashioned
Method
Classic Margarita
- 1
Prepare the Glass
Rim a chilled glass with salt by running a lime wedge around the rim and dipping it into salt.
- 2
Mix the Ingredients
In a shaker, combine tequila, lime juice, and triple sec with ice. Shake well until cold.
- 3
Serve
Strain the mixture into the prepared glass and garnish with a lime wedge.
Mojito
- 4
Muddle Mint and Sugar
In a glass, muddle mint leaves with sugar and lime juice to release the oils from the mint.
- 5
Add Rum and Mix
Pour in the white rum and stir to dissolve the sugar.
- 6
Old Fashioned
- 7
- 8
Add Whiskey and Ice
Add bourbon or rye whiskey and a large ice cube. Stir gently to mix.
- 9
Garnish
Express the oil from an orange peel over the drink and drop it in as a garnish.