Hey Guys and Gals! A rose-colored margarita. The color comes from hibiscus, the flor de Jamaica.
Ingredients
Step 1: hibiscus syrup
1/4 cup dried hibiscus flowers
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Step 2
2 oz tequila blanco
3/4 oz orange liqueur
1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
3/4 oz hibiscus syrup
Ice, and salt or sugar for the rim
Directions
1. Bring the water and sugar to a boil, stirring until dissolved. Turn off the heat, add the hibiscus and steep 15 minutes. Strain and cool. It keeps two weeks in the fridge.
2. Rim a glass with salt or sugar.
3. Shake the tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and syrup hard with ice.
4. Strain over fresh ice.