Best Homemade Sweet And Sour Mix For Margaritas Recipes

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HOMEMADE SWEET-AND-SOUR MIX FOR MARGARITAS



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A base used for making Margaritas

Categories     Non-Alcoholic     Cocktail Party     Margarita     Lemon     Lime     Bon Appétit     Drink

Yield Makes 8 cups

Number Of Ingredients 4

3 cups water
3 cups sugar
2 cups fresh lemon juice
2 cups fresh lime juice

Steps:

  • Combine water and sugar in large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. Cool syrup.
  • Mix syrup, lemon juice and lime juice in pitcher. Chill until cold. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; keep chilled)

MARGARITAS ON THE ROCKS



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This is the best batch of margaritas you'll ever make. Everybody wants the recipe after consuming one of these.

Provided by 93VETTE

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     Latin American     Mexican

Time 10m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups sweet and sour mix
1 cup triple sec
1 ½ cups gold tequila
⅓ cup brandy-based orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier®)
2 limes, quartered

Steps:

  • Salt the rims of 8 glasses. To do so, pour salt onto a small plate, rub the rims of the glasses with lime, and press them into the salt. Fill the glasses with ice.
  • In a blender, combine sweet and sour mix, triple sec, tequila and Grand Marnier. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, squeeze a quarter lime into each glass, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 364.1 calories, Carbohydrate 42.2 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0 g, Protein 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 3.1 mg, Sugar 40.6 g

SWEET AND SOUR MIX



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This Sweet and Sour Mix is easy to make with only three ingredients and it is the key to making the BEST margaritas! It keeps in the refrigerator for about a week and makes two pitchers of margaritas. Or you can keep it in the freezer for a month!

Provided by Lisa Longley

Categories     cocktails

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups water
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice (about 7 limes)
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

Steps:

  • Simmer 2 cups of water and 1 cup of granulated sugar over medium heat until it is fully dissolved.
  • Pour it into a jar and let it come to room temperature.
  • Add 1/2 cup of lemon juice and 1/2 cup lime juice.
  • Store it in a sealed container for a week or for up to a month in the freezer.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 416 kcal, Carbohydrate 109 g, Sodium 8 mg, Sugar 102 g, ServingSize 1 serving

FRESH SWEET-N-SOUR MIX FOR MARGARITAS



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Best recipe I've ever found! As a professional drinking-ista, I've collected my favorite drink recipes from restaurants and bars over the years from around the globe. This comes compliments of Cafe' Iguana in Denver Colorado... home of one of my faves, the Yucatan Margarita. This FRESH mix is the key to any truly good margarita. Life is too short to drink neon yellow store bought sweet and sour mix!

Provided by CheCheCherie

Categories     Beverages

Time 20m

Yield 8 cups

Number Of Ingredients 4

3 cups water
3 cups sugar
2 cups fresh lemon juice
2 cups fresh lime juice

Steps:

  • Combine water and sugar in a large sauce pan.
  • Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
  • Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
  • Cool.
  • Once cooled mix syrup, lemon and lime juices in a pitcher.
  • Chill.
  • Can be made up to a week in advance and kept in the fridge.

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