Simple Pineapple Margarita Recipe
Bring a tropical vibe to your summer days with this delicious and easy pineapple margarita recipe. You just need a great tequila, pineapple juice and a couple cocktail essentials to create this fun drink.
You can also spice things up too by mixing in some tajin with the salt for the glass rim. Or adding a couple jalapeno slices to the drink. But, for a simple, classic pineapple margarita, this recipe is perfect.
If you enjoy margarita cocktails and their variations, check out this classic margarita recipe when you are done here.
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Ingredients for this pineapple margarita
Equipment
While you don’t need any special equipment for this recipe, a strainer is ideal when squeezing the lime juice and a cocktail shaker would be perfect for a chilled drink.
How to make this pineapple margarita
Prep
The only prep that I did here was to wash and cut the lime before squeezing it to get the juice. That’s pretty much it.
Of course, if you have a fresh, whole pineapple on hand, you can wash, peel, chop into cubes and blend to make the juice. Strain thoroughly and taste test before using it in the drink. The fresh juice can be sweetened before using it and be sure to save some cubes for garnishing the cocktail.
I skipped making my own homemade pineapple juice and opted for the store-bought drink to make it a lot easier.
Bring everything together
I rubbed the lime on the top of the cocktail glass before dipping into some salt. The salt should coat the rim and add a contrasting element to the sweet cocktail.
Next, mix the freshly squeezed lime juice to the pineapple juice, tequila, triple sec and ice. If you are using a cocktail shaker, give everything a nice shake so the ice can chill everything quickly.
Strain the drink and serve in your prepped cocktail glass with the salted top. Serve cold. Garnish with anything from pineapple wedges, lime slices, cherries, or even slices of jalapeno peppers.
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Ingredients
- 4 oz pineapple juice
- 1½ oz silver tequila
- ½ oz triple sec
- ½ oz lime juice
- ice
- salt (for rim)
Equipment
- cocktail shaker
Instructions
- Wash, cut the lime and squeeze the juice.
- Rub the lime on the cocktail glass.
- Dip in salt to coat the rim.
- Add the juice to a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Pour in all the other ingredients.
- Shake.
- Strain if needed.
- Garnish with pineapple wedges or lime slices.
- Serve cold.
