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