Easy Margarita Granita

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"My husband and I love sitting out on our patio with a frozen margarita after a long day at work."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 5 cups

ingredients

• 709.77 ml water
• 236.59 ml sugar
• 118.29 ml fresh squeezed lime juice
• 78.78 ml fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 88.74 ml triple sec
• 88.74 ml gold tequila
• 9.85 ml grated lime rind
• additional sugar

directions

1. Add water and sugar to a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
2. Pour mixture into a large bowl (one that will fit in your freezer).
3. Add in the lime juice, lemon juice, triple sec, tequila, and lime rind; stir to combine.
4. Cover and freeze for 8 hours.
5. Add frozen mixture to an electric blender or food processor and process until slushy.
6. Wet the rim of margarita glasses, then dip rims into sugar.
7. Spoon the slushy granita into the glasses.

Reviews

[s_burnham3]

can shorten the prep time to 45 minutes using one of those ice cream machines ...otherwise it's 8 Hours ... may have to double the quantitys to have proper stiring in machine(model dependent)