Unique Margarita Recipes to Elevate Your Tequila Game

With National Margarita Day coming up in February, we’ll take any excuse to drink tequila.

Although there’s nothing wrong with the classic salt-rimmed drink, we’re here to take your Marg to the next level.

Below are our favorite unique Margarita recipes that will be sure to elevate your tequila game.

Hibiscus Margarita

Created by El Tequileño

1.5 oz El Tequileño Platinum

2 oz Sweetened hibiscus juice

.5 oz freshly squeezed lime juice

.5 oz Agave syrup

Garnish: Hibiscus flower

Glassware: Rocks glass

Method: Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake until ice cold and strain into a rocks glass over cubed ice. Garnish with a Hibiscus flower.

ITALICUS Margarita

1 oz ITALICUS Rosolio di Bergamotto

1 oz Lime Juice

2 oz Tequila Avion

Garnish: Lime peel

Glassware: Martini

Method: Shake and serve in a Martini glass.

Margarita in Fuoco

Available at Casa Limone (New York, NY)

Created by Alex Teisanu, CEO/Director of Casa Limone

2 oz of Espolon Tequila infused with peppers (bell, roasted habanero, roasted poblano)

1 oz Triple sec

1 oz Lime juice

1 oz Simple syrup

.5 oz Solerno

Garnish: Salt rim, lime wedge, and pepperoncini

Glassware: Rocks

Method: Combine all ingredients in a shaker. Shake, then strain over ice into a rocks glass with a salted rim. Garnish with a lime wedge and pepperoncini.

Monterita

2 oz Amaro Montenegro

1 oz Blanco Tequila

.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Garnish: Lime wheel

Glassware: Coupe

Method: Shake with ice and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Not A Margarita

2 oz iichiko Saiten

.5 oz Lime Juice

.5 oz Grapefruit Juice

.5 oz Simple Syrup

.5 oz Triple Sec

Citrus Wheel

Garnish: Citrus wheel

Glassware: Rocks

Method: Mix all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with Ice. Shake, then strain into Rocks glass with Ice. Garnish with Citrus Wheel.

Pomegranate Manarita

2 oz Teremana Blanco

1 oz Pomegranate Juice

.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice

.5 oz Agave Nectar

Pinch of Salt

Garnish: Lime wheel

Glassware: Rocks Glass

Method: Shake and strain into a rocks glass with ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Sage Margarita

Created by Emanuele Balestra, Area Bars Director, Le Majestic, and Le Gray d’Albion, Cannes

.35 oz Freshly squeezed lime juice

.70 oz Grand Marnier

2.25 oz Sage-infused añejo tequila*

4 fresh sage leaves

Half spoonful of icing sugar

Garnish: Sage leaves and sage salt**

Glassware: Coupe

Method: Slide the rim of the glass along a quarter of lime, then place the glass in a bowl of sage salt. Place ice cubes and all ingredients in a shaker, and shake vigorously so that the ice cubes crush the sage. Filter through both a sieve and a chinois strainer into the sage salt-rimmed glass. Place a few leaves on the surface of the liquid.

*Sage-infused añejo tequila: Infuse 15 sage leaves in 700ml of tequila for 48 hours. Filter.

**Sage salt: Sprinkle sea salt on an aluminum tray, then place the sage leaves side by side on the tray, ensuring they are perfectly flat. Sprinkle them with salt once more. Place the tray in a warm oven (approx. 160°F) and remove after 20 minutes. Place the salt and sage in a blender and mix briefly.