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Ingredients:

1-1/2 oz. Patron Silver Tequila (Try other silver tequilas, just make sure that your tequila is 100 percent Agave)
3/4-oz. Cointreau
2 oz. fresh sour
freshly-squeezed juice of one lime

Directions:

1. Prepare fresh sour by simply mixing 2 parts fresh, filtered lemon juice with 1 part simple syrup. To make simple syrup, dissolve an equal amount of granulated sugar in boiling water (i.e, 2 cups sugar dissolved in 2 cups boiling water) and allow to cool.
   
2. Select the perfect limes, they should be Peruvian limes, dark-green, soft and pliable. Store your limes at room temperature and roll them on a hard surface for maximum juice extraction.
   
3. Hand-extract lime juice, using a juice extractor, into a 16 oz. mixing glass.
4. Add fresh sour, Cointreau and tequila to mixing glass. Add ice and shake until well blended.
   
5. Using a Hawthorn strainer, strain your Margarita into an ice-filled 14 oz. goblet. Remember, never use the same ice to serve a drink as you used to prepare it.
   
6. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

• Salting the rim of glass is not recommended. If, however, you want to rim glass with salt, simply rub the outside of the lip with fresh lime and dip into a bowl of kosher salt.

Recipe courtesy of Tony Abou-Ganim, www.themodernmixologist.com

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