Sangria Margarita | Beautiful & Delicious

This sangria margarita recipe is fun and delicious. The beauty of this margarita pleases everyone you serve it to, so wow your guests at your next party.

I first had this margarita at a local Mexican restaurant. They called it, “Pam’s Margarita,” which isn’t very descriptive. I didn’t know it had wine in it until I read the description, but I found it intriguing. After I tasted it, I knew I had to make this drink at my next dinner party.

You wouldn’t think that the wine complements a margarita, but it really does. Try it and see.

I have imbibed this sangria margarita individually without stirring it and with the wine stirred in. When you stir it, the red will infiltrate the whole cocktail and is quite pretty and very balanced. If you don’t stir it, you will taste the wine more at the beginning of the drink but the fun thing about it is the wine pretty much stays segregated throughout the whole cocktail.

Which do I prefer? Frankly, it depends on my mood. When you make this, please let me know which way you imbibed it.

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Helpful tips

• Use the BEST ingredients you can afford, but just know that using premium ingredients equals a more delicious drink.
• Always make your own sweet and sour mix. I prefer a 2:1 ratio, so two parts sour to one part sweet. Start there and if you decide you want it sweeter, add a bit more simple syrup.
• Salt the rim, but don’t overdo it! Sometimes, after I salt the rim, I take my finger and clear a spot so if someone doesn’t want to taste the salt they can use that spot to sip.
• Do NOT pour the liquid in such a way that it hits the salt. You do not want the salt washed into the cocktail.

How to salt the rims

Wet the rim of the glasses with some lime juice, pour some kosher salt on a plate and dip the rim in the salt. Keep the glass upside down for a moment and shake the glass a little before placing it right side up. You don’t want the salt from the rim to fall into the glass as it makes the cocktail salty.

How to make the sangria margarita

Pre-step

Salt margarita glasses. Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Get a measuring glass and glassware.

Slice a few thin lime wheels and cut a small slit through the skin of the wheels so you can place it on the side of the glass as garnish.

After measuring out each ingredient below, pour it into the shaker.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – tequila, Cointreau, limes, simple syrup and wine.

Step two

Measure 4 ounces tequila. (A)

Step three

Measure 2 ounces Cointreau. (B)

Step four

Measure 4 ounces lime juice. (C)

Step five

Measure 2 ounces simple syrup. (D)

Step six

Cap shaker and shake for 15 seconds.

Step seven

Add fresh ice to salted glasses and divide and strain liquid between the two glasses.

Step eight

Measure 1 ounce of wine per drink.

Step nine

Slowly pour the wine in the sangria margarita and place a lime wheel on the side of each glass.

Let’s see it with the flared glass in front.

Isn’t it interesting how the shape of the glass determines how the cocktail will look?

Yum.

I hope you enjoyed this sangria margarita recipe!

Other popular tequila recipes

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Do you like to stir your margarita or drink it as is?  Leave me a comment, as I’d love to know.

And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish.

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