Ultimate Cadillac Margarita

This ultimate Cadillac margarita is a mixture of premium liquors and delicious because of it! This will be the best margarita you've ever had.

Course Cocktail

Cuisine Cocktails

Keyword cadillac margarita

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings cocktail

Calories 396kcal

Fill your shaker 3/4 full with ice
Add tequila, Cointreau, lime juice and simple syrup
4 ounces Patron Silver tequila, 2 ounces Cointreau, 4 ounces fresh lime juice, 2 ounces simple syrup
Wet rim of glass with water or lime juice
Dip glass into plate of Kosher salt
salt for glass rims
Pour 1 ounce of Grand Marnier into each shot glass, set aside
2 ounces Grand Marnier
Cap shaker and shake for 30 seconds
Add extra ice to both glasses and pour contents of the shaker equally between the two glasses, being careful not to pour it over the salted rims
Put lime wheels on the rim of the glasses
2 lime wheels
Set shots of Grand Marnier beside glass of margarita
Serve
Pour Grand Marnier into margarita or do it as a shot
Lick some salt off rim
Sip drink
Smile
Enjoy

Tips on making the Cadillac margarita

Use the BEST ingredients you can afford. Premium ingredients equal a more delicious drink
Always make your own sweet and sour. 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
Always serve the Grand Marnier on the side, especially when you serve to guests. They're quite impressed when they pour the shot into the Cadillac margarita themselves
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 to wash salt into the cocktail