Ingredients
- 1½ ozsake
- 1 oztequila
- ¾ oztriple sec
- ¾ ozlime juice
- 🍋Lime wheel, salted rim(garnish)
Instructions
- Run a lime wedge around the rim of a rocks glass and dip into salt to create a salted rim.
- Combine sake, tequila, triple sec, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake vigorously for 12 seconds.
- Strain into the prepared rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Garnish with a lime wheel.
📜 History
The margarita's three-part structure of spirit, orange liqueur, and citrus invites spirit substitutions and split-base combinations. Sake adds a rice-grain sweetness and lower-proof depth that tempers tequila's bite, producing a fusion cocktail that blends Japanese and Mexican flavor traditions. The sake margarita became popular at pan-Asian and fusion restaurants in the 2010s.
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