THIS MARTINI-INSPIRED UPGRADE IS MY NEW FAVORITE MARGARITA HACK
Dirty martinis are having a moment, but if you (like me) are still trying to train yourself to appreciate them, this dirty margarita will be your gateway cocktail. Olive brine joins tequila, lime, and triple sec for a more mild, slightly sweeter take on the typical cocktail that even the biggest dirty martini skeptics will enjoy.
The olives & olive brine:
While you can buy green olives jarred in a wide variety of different flavored brines, I recommend using the plainest olive brine you can find for this recipe. Also, avoid buying green olives that have been stuffed in any way, especially with ingredients such as garlic or pepper, since these stuffings may leach into the brine, giving it an off flavor. The only flavor you should be getting from that brine is the salinity of the olives.
How to batch:
This recipe makes enough for one serving, but if you’d like to batch it for a crowd, you can simply multiply the ingredient amounts in this recipe by the number of people you’d like to serve. Since there's fresh lime juice, I recommend batching the day that you want to serve it (or adding the lime juice to the rest of the batched ingredients that day). To serve, you can either ask the guests to shake their own drinks with ice in a cocktail shaker or let them just shake the jar that the batch is in and pour from there. Just note that if they’re not shaking over ice, I recommend adding 3/4 oz. water per serving when you batch the cocktail; this will ensure the cocktail isn’t too strong!
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Yields: 1 serving
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Ingredients
Kosher salt
- 2
lime wedges, divided
Ice
- 2 oz.
blanco tequila
- 3
pitted green olives (preferably Spanish Queen), plus 1 oz. olive brine
- 1/2 oz.
fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz.
store-bought or homemade simple syrup
- 1/2 oz.
triple sec
Directions
- Pour salt onto a small plate. Rub 1 lime wedge around rim of a rocks glass. Dip rim into salt, turning to coat. Fill prepared glass with ice.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine tequila, olive brine, lime juice, simple syrup, and triple sec. Fill shaker with ice, cover, and vigorously shake until outside of shaker is very frosty, about 20 seconds.
- Strain margarita into prepared glass. Garnish glass with skewered olives and remaining lime wedge.
