This is a recipe to make Blood Orange Margaritas with Cointreau. Adding Cointreau makes this a very special cocktail and the colorful blood orange juice a showy margarita.
This Blood Orange Margarita with Cointreau is a tequila based cocktail with beautiful color and full of citrus flavor. It’s easy to make and impressive to serve.
We made this “orange colored” cocktail years ago when the Broncos were heading to the Super Bowl. A festive “orange cocktail”, a Bronco cocktail that everyone loved.
This Blood Orange Margarita is not only stunning in color, the Cointreau mixed with the fresh juice of blood oranges makes a perfect partner for smooth easy to drink cocktail.
What Is A Blood Orange?
A blood orange is a citrus fruit that looks like a regular orange. But on the inside you’ll find a deep red colored fruit. The red color is the result of anthocyanin, which develops with the orange ripens. Blood oranges are easier to peel than other oranges, have fewer seeds, and a sweeter taste. Their season is typically from December through April. They can be more expensive than common oranges.
What Is Cointreau?
Cointreau is a brand of French orange liqueur. It’s made from a blend of sweet and bitter orange peel, sugar, alcohol and water. It’s a popular ingredient in cocktails like Margaritas. It’s flavor profile includes crisp sweet and bitter orange.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Contreau, Orange Flavored Liqueuer
- Agave Silver Tequila
- Sugar
- Fresh Lime Juice, about 6 whole limes
- Fresh Blood orange juice, about 8 whole oranges.
Equipment Needed
- A cocktail shaker and a pitcher.
Just Mix Ingredients In A Pitcher
What I like about this blood orange margarita recipe is that there’s no cooking simple syrup stovetop.
- Just add ingredients to a pitcher, stir well and let it sit in the refrigerator for at leat 30 minutes, one hour preferred.
- Once you’re ready to serve, add ice cubes to the cocktail shaker and add 1 ½ cups of the blood orange margarita mixture.
- Pour into a margarita glass that’s been rimmed with sugar, salt or our favorite, Tagine Chile mix. Add a wedge of blood orange and lime and enjoy.
Questions You Might Have
Yes. Agave syrup is sweeter in flavor than granulated sugar, so substitute half as much as you would for sugar.
Using a blanco (silver) tequila is often preferred due to it’s clean flavor and smooth profile. With hints of sweet agave, it pairs well with the citrus flavors of lime and fruit juice. A Respado tequila is also popular for a smooth tequila experience.
Blood oranges can be found in our markets during the Winter months. Usually available December through April.
Blood oranges have a ruby hue and a stronger citrus flavor. You can most certainly use regular oranges to make a margarita, but to mimic the rich flavor and color, add about a teaspoon of pomegranate juice.
Recipe for Blood Orange Margarita
I hope you give this blood orange margarita recipe a try. It’s a beautiful cocktail and perfect for any Southwest or Mexican Entree. Or for simply Summer sipping by the pool or on the patio.
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Blood Orange Margarita With Cointreau
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup fresh lime juice about 4 whole limes
- ⅛ cup sugar
- ⅜ cup water
- ½ cup 100% agave silver tequila
- ¼ cup Cointreau
- 1 cup fresh blood orange juice about 8 medium blood oranges
- A lime half for moistening the glass rims
- Coarse salt or sugar Kosher
- 6 cups Ice cubes
Instructions
- In a pitcher, stir together the lime juice, sugar and water until the sugar has dissolved. Add the tequila, Cointreau and blood orange juice. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
- Moisten the rims of three 6-ounce martini glasses with the cut side of a lime half. Spread coarse salt or sugar on a small plate and press the rims of the glasses until coated.
- Fill a cocktail shaker about ¾ full of ice and measure in 1 ½ cups of the margarita for 3 drinks. Cover and shake for about 15 seconds to thoroughly chill the mixture. Strain into the glasses. Dress the glasses with a slice of blood orange and a slice of lime.
Nutrition
Blood Orange Margarita … It’s What’s for Taco Tuesday
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What a creative twist on the margarita! Those blood oranges are so flavorful.
I hope you guys win today Lea Ann! Great idea for a spirit filled cocktail 🙂
Thanks so much Patty. It’s already a fun day, filled with spirit and good food.
Sounds like the perfect ingredient for the superbowl!
Thanks Pam. Go Bronco.
I am partial to the Broncos this SB. Love this cocktail!!!!
I’m very partial to those Broncos too Debra. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Bronco-tini! I’m in!
I had a margarita at the Broncos game one time, in the fancy club level…with orange and blue salt. Later, my friends started looking at me funny, smirking, and finally outright laughing. Although I’m accustomed to this, I wanted to find out why it was happening again. The salt had
turned my teeth blue! I’m sure Heather’s salt is better.
Go Broncos! Blue Teeth and All! Too funny Dan.
Perfect drinks– glad to see you are ready for the big game! Go Broncos!!
Go Broncos! Thanks Holly. 🙂
Have to make mine a virgin but it is stunning! Orange is definitely the winning colour this Sunday! Go Bronocos!!
United in orange!
United in Orange! Go Broncos.
Even I might watch the game if I could have a couple of these! Yum, yum, yum!
I’d like to see that! 🙂
Very Nice, well done!
Thanks Mick! 🙂
The blood orange margarita sounds amazing too! Thanks for sharing my recipe! I love that the drink is bleeding blue and orange! Go Bronco’s!
I love that blue bleed in that drink. Really great photo, and thanks for letting me use it.