Ginger Margarita

Name: Ginger Margarita
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H5M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H45M0.000S
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: mexican
Ingredients: 3/4 cup sugar; 1 1/2 cups water; 1 large hand ginger, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch coins/chunks; Bar sugar; Freshly grated nutmeg; 2 ounces good quality tequila or reposado (recommended: Cabo Wabo); 1 lime, juiced, plus lime wedges for garnish

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Level: Easy
Total: 45 min

Prep: 10 min
Inactive: 30 min
Cook: 5 min

Yield: 1 drink

Level: Easy
Total: 45 min

Prep: 10 min
Inactive: 30 min
Cook: 5 min

Yield: 1 drink

Ingredients

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3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups water

1 large hand ginger, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch coins/chunks

Bar sugar

Freshly grated nutmeg

2 ounces good quality tequila or reposado (recommended: Cabo Wabo)

1 lime, juiced, plus lime wedges for garnish

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Bring sugar and water up to a light simmer and cook until all of the sugar is dissolved. Add ginger and steep for 30 minutes. Pour ginger-simple syrup into blender and puree. Strain out pulp and store in a tightly sealed jar or bottle. Will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.
Pour some bar sugar onto small plate and grate a pinch of nutmeg on top, mix well.
Add tequila, lime juice, 5 ounces ginger-simple syrup and ice to cocktail shaker and give it a good shake. Run lime wedge around rim of glass and dip in sugar/nutmeg mixture, add ice and pour in contents of shaker, grate a little nutmeg on top and serve with a wedge of lime.