How to Make a Margarita with Limeade Concentrate

There is nothing like a cool margarita on a hot humid summer's evening with friends and neighbors. The first margarita of the season is sort of a rite of passage into welcoming summer. Skip the light beer and lime slice and trade up to a lime flavored cocktail derived from the agave plant. The country of Mexico produces some fine summer beers, but produces even better tequila which will create truly tasty margaritas.

So much work goes into making a margarita when deciding on brand of tequila, mixers, liquor additives and whether to serve frozen or on the rocks. Many tequila purists will state that quality tequila should be consumed alone "as a shot" and not muddied by the infusion of lime, lemon, or any other citrus liquid. These people couldn't be more wrong. Smooth top shelf tequila will get appreciated even with the other flavors added.

There are typically two camps of margarita participants. One group will go for quantity of tequila. These weekend warriors will buy the cheapest skull and cross bones tequila sold on the market since their objective is to buy enormous quantities. These folks will opt for the $8 to $15 dollar bottles and pick up several bottles to mix in bucket size quantities. Cheaper based tequilas will definitely work in margaritas though the consumer will risk slight aftertaste to the drink in addition to potential head ringer headaches the next morning. These side effects are a direct result of the impurities of the cheaper unrefined tequila.

The second group of margarita drinkers will opt for a quality based tequila that is made with a reposado. A tequila reposado has undergone further filtration and refinement of impurities. These tequilas typically average between twenty to fifty dollars per bottle. The top shelf is recommended when the guest list is smaller and the objective is to produce a really smooth batch.

There is a simple recipe to prepare margaritas for friends that skips use of lime mixers or all in one margarita mixes. Making a frozen margarita with limeade concentrate is so simple and produces are really fresh tasty summer beverage. The risk to this recipe will be the bartender may quickly be returning to the blender to prepare batch number two.

How to Make a Margarita with Limeade Concentrate: Method

The first step to making the margarita is pouring the two and a half cups of ice into the blender. Add four ounces of tequila reposado and 2 ounces of triple sec to the ice. Next add a thawed six ounce can of limeade to your ice. Now cover the batch and blend until your margarita forms a frozen slushy consistency. Pour into glasses and serve with garnish of lime slice This recipe will produce three healthy twelve ounce glasses of margaritas so you may want to double the batch if more friends or family are involved.

For those drinkers that like salt, wipe the lime wedge along the rim of the glass and dip the rim into a plate of rock salt. Finally garnish all the glasses with lime wedges.