Best Ginger Margarita True Food Recipes

Ginger Margarita image

Provided by Guy Fieri

Time 45m

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 7

3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups water
1 large hand ginger, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch coins/chunks
Bar sugar
Freshly grated nutmeg
2 ounces good quality tequila or reposado (recommended: Cabo Wabo)
1 lime, juiced, plus lime wedges for garnish

Steps:

Bring sugar and water up to a light simmer and cook until all of the sugar is dissolved. Add ginger and steep for 30 minutes. Pour ginger-simple syrup into blender and puree. Strain out pulp and store in a tightly sealed jar or bottle. Will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.
Pour some bar sugar onto small plate and grate a pinch of nutmeg on top, mix well.
Add tequila, lime juice, 5 ounces ginger-simple syrup and ice to cocktail shaker and give it a good shake. Run lime wedge around rim of glass and dip in sugar/nutmeg mixture, add ice and pour in contents of shaker, grate a little nutmeg on top and serve with a wedge of lime.

Spicy Margarita with Jalapeno and Ginger image

Provided by Valerie Bertinelli

Time 25m

Yield 1 cocktail

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 tablespoons sea salt flakes
Zest of 1 lime, 3/4 ounce lime juice plus 1 lime wedge
1 teaspoon minced jalapeno
3 slices fresh ginger (each the size of a half dollar)
2 ounces blanco tequila (white or silver)
3/4 ounce orange liqueur, such as Cointreau
1/4 ounce Simple Syrup, recipe follows
1 cup sugar

Steps:

Crush together the sea salt flakes and lime zest in a small bowl. Rim a margarita glass by rubbing a lime wedge around the edge of the glass and then dipping it in the lime salt.
Muddle the jalapeno and ginger with a few ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Then add the tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur and Simple Syrup. Shake and strain into the margarita glass filled with ice.
Heat the sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan. Simmer until the sugar is dissolved. Let cool. The syrup will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Ginger Beer Margarita image

Provided by Bobby Flay

Categories beverage

Time 5m

Yield 1 cocktail

Number Of Ingredients 7

Steps:

Combine the tequila, lime zest, lime juice, orange juice and a few ice cubes in a cocktail shaker and shake for 10 seconds. Pour into a rocks glass over ice. Taste, and stir in some simple syrup if you'd like it sweeter. Top off with the ginger beer and garnish with a lime wedge.