Heirloom tomato margarita recipe

Heirloom tomato margarita recipe

Margarita “mix”
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5 limes, juiced
1 lemon, juiced
¾ cup simple syrup
1 heirloom tomato
½  local peach (optional)

1.	Make simple syrup by heating ¾ cup sugar and ¾ water and whisking until the sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool a bit.
2.	Juice the limes and lemon. Reserve one lime half to run around the rim of each glass so the salt sticks to the rim.
3.	Blend the heirloom tomato and optional peach half until they are liquid.
4.	Whisk together lime/lemon juice, simple syrup, and tomato/peach juice together to complete the mix.


Salt for rim
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2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp lime zest

Make the salt mixture and pour it on a small plate or ramekin just bigger than your glasses.


Alcohol
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1 shot tequila
½ shot Cointreau or other orange liqueur


1.	For each margarita, run the reserved lime half around the rim of the glass to wet the rim. Dip glass upside down in the salt mixture.
2.	Add ice to the glass.
3.	Add margarita mix
4.	Add alcohol
5.	Mix together and serve with a cut lime wedge (optional)