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Italian Margarita Recipe

An Italian Twist - Amaretto


This Italian margarita recipe follows the basic protocols for a margarita. Except there are two additions - amaretto and sweet and sour mix.

I always make my own sweet and sour mix and you can do it too. Real simple - sugar, water and REAL lemon. Dissolve the sugar in warm water and add your lemons. I usually do equal amounts of all - but I tend to get a little heavy on the lemon. My kids even like to drink this. Duh - it's pretty much lemonade.

This Italian margarita is just a way to shake up the normal, "hey-you-wanna-margarita" ? All the ingredients are *normal*. No freaky little flowers or syrups, just real stuff.

While you are poking around see the recipes of Italian drinks I have on my site. And too, if you are so inclined, check out my homepage of Italian dessert recipes. There are a few questions and answers listed below.

Thanks for stopping by! We all need a lil drink and dessert sometime!

Lisa




Italian Margarita Recipe

YIELD: 1 Serving

Ingredients:

 * 4 oz amaretto

* 8 oz sweet and sour mix

* 2 oz tequila

* 2 oz Triple Sec Procedure

 * Uh, lets see..

* Mix and drink








How do I make sweet and sour?

Mix water, lemon and sugar together. About equal amounts. Dissolve the sugar with warmer water first then add lemon last.

Doesn't sweet and sour have egg whites?

Only if you want the drink frothy. And upscale shi shi poo poo bars use this now and then. I am a real person at home not caring if my drink froths, spins or entertains. I just want a drink.

I avoid egg whites at all costs - health reasons. I just don't want to be puking from raw egg whites. Your choice though.

Which brand of Tequila works best with this Italian Margarita Recipe?

Jeesh. Ask each person reading this, and there are tons of answers in every brain. We host an annual Labor Day party and our Margarita bartender always uses Jose Cuervo. There's leftovers, and that's what I have in my cabinet. So...I can only post my opinion with what I use.
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lisa gianotti I love sugar and I eat dessert EVERYDAY! Ok, not MASSIVE amounts. But I do have to finish off the evening meal with a little sweet something.

When I was a kid my health conscience mother would ration my Halloween candy. Her mantra was, "white sugar will kill you". But my Italian grandma always told me, "Everybody needs a little bit of sugar." :-) So, to get my October Halloween sugar fix I will make the traditional Italian cookie recipe, Venetian Bones of the Dead. Italians make these for the Day of the Dead on November 2nd. So - hey, our holiday in America - Halloween is the closest.

So - while the neighborhood is slamming down a bunch of gross mass produced candy on October 31st, I'll have a real goodie. Oh yeah, I'll have to post it too! (Eventually!) You know how it is. Work. Kids. Clean. Cook.



I'll see if Bones Of The Dead is in my grandma's first recipe file she started when she married in 1932. Most of the recipes on my site came from her influence. If they aren't in her file - then I got them from her friends. And the remainder I experimented with adapting her style.

I hope she looks down and smiles this Halloween.

Lisa


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