Fresh Strawberry Basil Margarita

This is a delicious Strawberry Basil Margarita Recipe that is a perfect combination of fresh strawberries, basil, tequila, agave, and Cointreau. It is a great tequila cocktail to have when strawberries are ripe and in season!

It is also a great margarita to make when you want something different than a traditional lime margarita.

RELATED: If you love strawberries you will also want to try this Frozen Strawberry Margarita and/or this Roasted Strawberry Margarita.

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Strawberry Basil Margarita Recipe

A margarita made with fresh muddled strawberries and basil, mixed with silver tequila, agave and Cointreau. Perfect when strawberries are ripe and in season.

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 0 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 drink

Author: Susie Weinrich

Equipment

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  Cocktail Shaker (in a pinch use a mason jar, carefully)
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  Cocktail Jigger
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  Cocktail Muddler (handle of wooden spoon can work too!)

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 fresh, ripe strawberries
• ▢ 2 basil leaves
• ▢ 1.5 oz silver tequila
• ▢ .5 oz Cointreau – or triple sec
• ▢ .5 oz fresh lime juice
• ▢ .25 light agave syrup
• ▢ 1.5 oz soda water
• ▢ kosher salt

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Instructions

Prep Glass – Salt Rim

• Place a few tablespoons of kosher salt on a flat plate.
• Grab a rocks size glass, 8-10 oz in size. Run a lime around the rim of the glass OR dip in a little agave.
• Dip the rim of the glass in kosher salt so it adheres.
• Fill with ice, set aside.

Strawberry Basil Margarita

• Place two strawberries (stems removed) into a cocktail shaker. Muddle the strawberries completely. Add the basil leaves and bruise them without crushing them completely.
  2 fresh, ripe strawberries, 2 basil leaves
  
• Add a few cubes of ice and the tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and agave.
  1.5 oz silver tequila, .5 oz Cointreau, .5 oz fresh lime juice, .25 light agave syrup
• Pop the lid on and shake for 20-30 seconds.
• Strain into a prepared glass, letting some of the strawberry pulp pass through.
• Top with soda water or club soda.
  1.5 oz soda water
• Garnish with lime, strawberry or basil.

Notes:

SALT RIM: Make sure you use KOSHER SALT or margarita salt for the rim. You do not want to use table salt or iodized salt. 

You can flavor your salt rim too:

• SWEET- Do a 50/50 mix of salt and sugar for a sweeter rim.
• LIME – Add some lime zest to the kosher salt.
• BASIL – Place the kosher salt in a blender and add a few leaves of basil. Pulse a few times for a basil salt.

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