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Ginger Margarita

If we had a family drink, this would be it. (Underage kids excepted, of course.) It’s my older daughter Louise’s favorite, and she makes this margarita perfectly for all of us on the weekends. I love the heat of the ginger balanced by aged tequila. Be sure to use high-quality aged tequila here. Otherwise, the drink will taste like spring break gone wild.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 1 drink

Ingredients

1 lemon wedge
Kosher salt
1 1/2 tablespoons Ginger Syrup (page 244)
1 tablespoon orange liqueur, preferably Cointreau
3 tablespoons golden tequila, preferably Sauza Tres Generaciones Añejo

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Run the lemon wedge over the rim of a lowball glass and then dip the rim into salt. Reserve the lemon wedge.

    Step 2

    Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the ginger syrup, orange liqueur, and tequila. Cover and shake like crazy for about 10 seconds. If you think you’ve shaken it enough, shake some more.

    Step 3

    Strain into the glass, then add ice. Squeeze the reserved lemon wedge over and drop into the glass. Serve immediately.

Reprinted with permission from Home Cooking with Jean-Georges: My Favorite Simple Recipes by Jean-Georges Vongerichten with Genevieve Ko. Copyright © 2011 by Jean-Georges Vongerichten; photographs copyright © 2011 by John Kernick. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Jean-Georges Vongerichten is one of the most influential chefs in the world, having single-handedly redefined haute French cuisine, lightening and refining it by adding select Asian accents. He is the chef-owner of dozens of restaurants in fourteen cities around the world. His flagship restaurant, Jean Georges, at New York's Columbus Circle, is one of six restaurants in the United States to have been awarded three coveted Michelin stars; it received four stars from the New York Times. The winner of multiple James Beard Foundation awards, he lives in New York City and Waccabuc, New York, with his family. Genevieve Ko is a cookbook author and the senior food editor at Good Housekeeping magazine. She has written for Martha Stewart Living, Gourmet, and Fine Cooking and lives in New York City with her family.
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