A really delicious Hot Honey Margarita recipe that is super honey forward with a nice kiss of heat, yet is still recognizable as a margarita with flavors of lime and salty tequila.
Place a Tablespoon of kosher salt of a flat plate or surface.
kosher salt
Run a lime wedge around a glass rim.
Dip the glass in the salt so that it adheres to the rim. Fill the glass with crushed ice or one large ice cube. Set aside.
Hot Honey Margarita Recipe
In a cocktail shaker or jar WITHOUT ICE measure in the tequila, lime juice, hot honey, red pepper flakes and Cointreau. Vigorously shake or stir for 20-30 seconds so that the honey melts into the cocktail. Do not shake over ice or the honey will slightly solidify and not mix in with the drink well.
1.5 oz silver tequila, 1 oz fresh squeezed lime juice, 1 oz hot honey, .5 oz Cointreau, healthy pinch of pepper flakes
Stain through a fine mesh sieve or cocktail strainer over the ice in the glass. Top with a splash of soda. Garnish with a fresh lime wedge.