The rinds and the entire lime are used to make these lime margaritas. Your lime margaritas will be vibrant and tasty — nothing like a bottled mix — if you choose thin-skinned limes with lots of juice! The lime rind gives lovely color as well as a burst of sour flavor that isn’t excessively sweet. You’ll never prepare a margarita in the same way once more.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 6 hrs |
| Total Time: | 6 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup water
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 3 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- 2 lemons, zested
- 2 limes, zested
- 5 cups orange juice
Instructions
- Stir water, sugar, ginger, lemon zest, and lime zest together in a saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves and mixture is bubbling, 5 to 10 minutes; cool slightly.
- Stir the ginger mixture an orange juice together in a pitcher; pour into a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Place dish in the freezer; scrape and stir orange juice mixture with a fork once every hour until granita is evenly frozen and crystallized, about 6 hours.
Reviews
Update 5/13/16: add two heaping spoonfuls of this to your iced tea!! Yum…. Excellent! Refreshing and if you cheat like I did and make this in your ice cream/sorbetto machine, then it’s also easy! If you use organic fruit, you can refill the oranges with the granita for a cute dessert cup idea. Thank you for the recipe.