Clementine Margarita

Name: Clementine Margarita
Prep time: 13 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 13 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps kosher salt; 2 limes, 1 juiced and 1 cut into slices, for garnish; 6 clementines or 4 oranges, zested and juiced or 2 cups juice; 118 milliliters sugar, plus 2 tablespoons; 170 grams tequila, optional; 118 milliliters water; 4 drops yellow food coloring

Clementine Margaritan is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan beverage. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 0g of fat, and a total of 222 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 13 minutes. If you have water, limes, orange zest, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine the clementine zest with 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved, then turn off the heat and let cool.

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Clementine

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Combine the juice from the clementines, the juice of 1 lime and the cooled simple syrup in a large pitcher. Stir to combine.

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Simple Syrup

Clementine

Juice

Lime

Add tequila, if desired.

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Tequila

In a resealable bag combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar with the food coloring. Shake and massage the bag to combine the food coloring with the sugar.

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Food Color

Shake

Sugar

On a flat plate, combine the colored sugar and salt and spread evenly across the plate. Dip the rims of 4 margarita glasses in water and then in the sugar mixture. Fill the glasses with ice and evenly distribute the margaritas among the glasses.

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Sugar

Margarita