Margarita I

Margarita I

To make 1 cocktail, now do the following:

1 slice lemon
Coarse (Kosher) salt
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons superfine sugar
2 ounces tequila
3 to 4 ice cubes

A 4-ounce cocktail glass, chilled
Rub the inside rim of the chilled cocktail glass with the slice of lemon.  Pour salt into a saucer or cup and dip in the glass so that a thin lay of salt adheres to the moistened rim of the glass.
Combine the lemon juice and sugar in a mixing glass and stir with a muddler or bar spoon to dissolve the sugar.  Add the tequila and ice cubes and place a shaker on top of the mixing glass.  Grasping them firmly together with both hands, shake vigorously 6 or 7 times.  Remove the shaker, place a strainer on top of the mixing glass, and pour into the salt-rimmed cocktail glass.