{"id":19771,"date":"2020-07-18T12:10:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T19:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=19771"},"modified":"2020-07-18T12:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T19:36:43","slug":"margarita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/margarita\/","title":{"rendered":"Margarita"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Made from Blue Agave plant &#8211; not a cactus<\/li>\n<li>True tequila only from Jalisco, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Michoacan, Nayarit<br \/>\nAnything from outside these areas must legally be called Mescal<\/li>\n<li>There are two categories &#8211; 100% agave, and then Mixto Tequila (51%)The good stuff will say 100% Agave<\/li>\n<li>Within the 100% category, there are several classifications\n<ul>\n<li>Blanco or Silver &#8211; Clear, with pure nothing flavor&nbsp; (Good for margaritas)<\/li>\n<li>Reposado &#8211; Aged in oak barrels for at least 2 months, but not more than a year (Reposado means &#8220;rested&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>A\u00f1ejo is aged 1-3 years &#8211; (A\u00f1ejo means &#8220;aged&#8221;)&nbsp; Similar to scotch and bourbon<\/li>\n<li>Extra A\u00f1ejo &#8211; Aged for more than 3 years in a wooden barrel &#8211; Sip like a cognac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Simple Margarita<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reposado tequila<\/li>\n<li>Agave nectar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Traditional Margarita<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Prepare a plate with 1\/2 oz Blue Agave Tequila and a drop of agave nectar<\/li>\n<li>Invert glass and dip in the agave mixture<\/li>\n<li>Count to 10 to allow the alcohol to evaporate<\/li>\n<li>Dip in a plate of kosher salt to coat the rim<\/li>\n<li>Prepare the margarita flavorings\n<ul>\n<li>2 limes (halved)<\/li>\n<li>1 thin slice of lime for garnish<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 Valencia (sour) orange &#8211; pieced<\/li>\n<li>2 limes quartered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ream juice from the halved limes and set aside<\/li>\n<li>Put the Valencia and quarter pieces into a muddler<\/li>\n<li>Add 2 TBL agave nectar into the muddler<\/li>\n<li>Muddle for two minutes<\/li>\n<li>Strain into a glass<\/li>\n<li>Add 2 oz Blue Agave Tequila<\/li>\n<li>Add the vodka from the plate<\/li>\n<li>Shake with 3\/4 C ice for 30 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Strain into the prepared glass<\/li>\n<li>Apply the lime wheel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made from Blue Agave plant &#8211; not a cactus True tequila only from Jalisco, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Michoacan, Nayarit Anything from outside these areas must legally be called Mescal There are two categories &#8211; 100% agave, and then Mixto Tequila (51%)The good stuff will say 100% Agave Within the 100% category, there are several classifications Blanco &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/margarita\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Margarita&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19774,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19771\/revisions\/19774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}