Austin Margarita (aka Mexican Martini)

Name: Austin Margarita (aka Mexican Martini)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: ½ cup ice cubes; 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger silver tequila; 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger Cointreau; 2 teaspoons Grand Marnier liqueur; 2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers freshly squeezed lime juice; 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger freshly squeezed orange juice; 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger freshly squeezed lemon juice; 3 pimento-stuffed green olives

Rating: 4 stars

9 Ratings
11 Reviews
5 Photos

After living in Austin Texas for 10 years, my husband and I perfected the perfect margarita. The secret to success is fresh fruit juice only and it doesn't use any pre-made mixes! Don't skimp and try buying juice. Squeeze it yourself or you won't get the best taste! If you are a real olive lover, add pimento stuffed olives and call it a 'Mexican martini'...delicious! and you won't confuse yours with anyone else's if you add 3 olives on a stirrer. :)

By Lisawas

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Recipe Summary test

prep:

15 mins

total:

15 mins

Servings:

Yield:

1 cocktail

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 1 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

½ cup ice cubes
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger silver tequila
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger Cointreau
2 teaspoons Grand Marnier liqueur (Optional)
2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers freshly squeezed lime juice
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger freshly squeezed orange juice
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger freshly squeezed lemon juice
3 pimento-stuffed green olives (Optional)

Directions

Step 1
Place the ice cubes into a margarita glass. Pour in the tequila, Cointreau, and Grand Marnier. Pour in the lime juice, orange juice, and lemon juice to taste. Garnish with a pimento stuffed olive if desired

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Cook's Note

When serving a group, I will make a mixer of the fruit juices using 10 limes, 5 oranges, and 5 lemons. Just keep the juice chilled in a pitcher, and pour it into the tequila to taste depending on how strong you like it.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

298 calories; protein 0.9g; carbohydrates 34.1g; fat 0.3g; cholesterol 0mg; sodium 9mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (11)

Most helpful positive review

RHenry

10/13/2008

WOW! These are soo good I juiced all the fruit ahead of time and it was a breeze to whip these up and the taste is fabulous!! Although I did switch the name to Alamo Martinis..LOL Thanks for sharing!! What a difference the fresh juice makes I will never go pre-mixed again!! Will be making these often =) Read More

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(21)

Most helpful critical review

SUPERSIMMONS

04/03/2012

I did not care for this recipe...olives were not a good addition Read More

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(14)

9 Ratings

5 star values: 5
4 star values: 2
3 star values: 0
2 star values: 1
1 star values: 1

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RHenry

10/13/2008

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(21)

superelegante

04/20/2009

Austin is my second home and this drink brings me back!!! I skip the olives but add an orange or lemon slice. These are the best!! Perfect for the summer! Read More

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SUPERSIMMONS

04/03/2012

I did not care for this recipe...olives were not a good addition Read More

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(14)

amydoll

07/20/2009

This was pretty tasty. I used tequila gold because I do not like silver and Triple Sec in place of orange juice and Cointreau. And the olive strangely enough tasted really good in the drink! Read More

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SweetBasil

07/15/2009

I had never had a Mexican Martini until I moved to Central Texas- now that's all I order when we go out. These are great and go down very smooth. My kids loved them when they were out for a visit too. Read More

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danaleotx

06/15/2009

I have lived in Austin most of my life and agree this is one of the best margaritas!! I LOVE olives so I add some of the juice when mixing everything together! Also skip OJ and use a splash of triple sec!! Read More

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kellieann

05/17/2011

This is delicious! I only used one jigger of lime and I thought it was perfect. Read More

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Sheila Flanagan

05/31/2012

This was perfect though I did use Gold (never tried Silver yet will have to though) and because I refuse to use mixes (corn syrup etc) this is a healthy cocktail with WHOLE foods! Loved it! Read More

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Deb C

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05/12/2012

This didn't work for us and no one finished their drink. Sorry. Read More

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Austin is my second home and this drink brings me back!!! I skip the olives but add an orange or lemon slice. These are the best!! Perfect for the summer!

I did not care for this recipe...olives were not a good addition

This was pretty tasty. I used tequila gold because I do not like silver and Triple Sec in place of orange juice and Cointreau. And the olive strangely enough tasted really good in the drink!

This is delicious! I only used one jigger of lime and I thought it was perfect.

This was perfect though I did use Gold (never tried Silver yet will have to though) and because I refuse to use mixes (corn syrup etc) this is a healthy cocktail with WHOLE foods! Loved it!