How to Rim a Margarita Glass
Level up your margarita making by learning how to salt a margarita glass rim! It adds flavor and presentation and is the perfect finishing touch for your favorite margarita recipe.
Equipment
- margarita glasses
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup margarita salt (coarse sea salt or Kosher salt)
- 1 wedge lime
Instructions
- Add the coarse salt to a small shallow plate that is wide enough to fit the size of the margarita glass.
- Make a small cut in the middle of a fresh lime wedge. your margarita glass and run the lime wedge along the rim of your glass.
- Place the cut directly on the rim of the margarita glass and wet the rim with lime juice.
- Clean up any excess lime juice that may be dripping.
- Turn the margarita glass upside down and dip it in the plate of salt.
- Gently shake to remove any excess salt.
- Set aside until the drinks are ready.
Notes
If you are worried about the salt looking messy, you can use a paint brush to put the lime juice exactly where you want it.
If you're having trouble getting the salt to stick to your margarita rim, lightly moisten the glass with water or rub the lime wedge along the rim again. You can also try using simple syrup which is stickier but it will also sweeten each sip a little bit.
To make sure the salt adheres well to the margarita glass, refrigerate it for about 10 minutes before rimming. The moisture along with lime juice is a great way to ensure the salt sticks.
Also make sure that the salt pieces aren't too large. When I used some volcanic black salt, the pieces were too large and they didn't stick well. You may need to crush it up a little bit.
Nutrition
Serving: 4drinksCalories: 5kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 0.1gFat: 0.04gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 28294mgPotassium: 24mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.3gVitamin A: 9IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 0.3mg
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