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This Mistletoe Margarita recipe is sure to be one of your favorite margarita recipes! With reposado tequila, fresh lime juice, and a spiced cranberry agave syrup, this Christmas margarita recipe will be a huge hit at the holiday party! Try this merry Christmas Margarita for all your holiday celebrations!
Servings: 2 cocktails
Calories: 150kcal
Equipment you may need
- vegetable peeler
Ingredients
- ½ cup (50 g) cranberries - fresh or frozen
- ½ cup (110 g) agave nectar - light or amber
- ½ cup (118 ml) water
- 2-3 strips orange peel
- 1 cinnamon stick - or ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 whole cloves - optional
- 4 oz (113 ml) tequila reposado - ½ cup
- 2 oz (57 ml) lime juice - ¼ cup
- ice
- Cinnamon sticks, cranberries, rosemary sprigs, lime and orange slices - optional; for garnish
Instructions
Prepare Cranberry Agave Syrup
- Add cranberries, water, agave nectar, orange peel, cinnamon stick, and cloves to a small saucepan and stir.½ cup cranberries, ½ cup agave nectar, ½ cup water, 2-3 strips orange peel, 1 cinnamon stick, 2 whole cloves
- Bring to a boil, then turn heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring, about 10-15 minutes or until cranberries have begun to break down.
- Transfer to a heatproof container, pouring through a fine-mesh sieve to strain out solids. Set aside to cool.
Prepare Margaritas
- Add tequila, lime juice, and 2 ounces (¼ cup) of cranberry-agave syrup to a cocktail shaker. Add ice and cover.4 oz tequila reposado, 2 oz lime juice
- Shake 15-30 seconds and then pour into two chilled glasses filled with ice. Garnish as desired, and enjoy!ice, Cinnamon sticks, cranberries, rosemary sprigs, lime and orange slices
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Notes
Make ahead: To make this festive cocktail in advance, make the cranberry agave syrup up to 5 days in advance and store in the fridge. Then, on the day of, juice your limes fresh so that they’ll have the most bright citrus flavor!
To make a pitcher of Mistletoe Margaritas: You can multiply the recipe by 6 to make a pitcher (12 servings)! Just use 3 cups of cranberries, 3 cups of agave nectar, 3 cups of water, 3 cinnamon sticks and 6 cloves to make the syrup. Then to make your pitcher of margarita, mix together 3 cups of tequila, 1½ cups of fresh lime juice, and 1½ cups of your cranberry agave syrup. If serving later, store in the fridge and serve within 6 hours. Add ice just before serving!
Make it alcohol free: You can use an agave-based non-alcoholic tequila alternative like Ritual or Arkay, of just substitute club soda for the tequila!
Sugared Cranberries and Rosemary: I include the instructions for sugared cranberries in my Christmas Charcuterie Board post — they work for both cranberries and rosemary!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 cocktail | Calories: 150 kcal | Carbohydrates: 6 g | Protein: 1 g | Fat: 1 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g | Sodium: 2 mg | Potassium: 57 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 1 g | Vitamin A: 31 IU | Vitamin C: 12 mg | Calcium: 25 mg | Iron: 1 mg
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