Author: Adapted from this recipe from The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking
Recipe type: Cocktail
Serves: 4
Ingredients
2-3 Meyer lemons (depending on size)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 Tbs Grand Marnier (or Cointreau)
Instructions
Halve the lemons and juice them, retaining the rinds. You should end up with roughly 3/4 oz of juice. Roughly chop half of the rinds, and cut a few twists from the other rinds for garnish.
Stir the sugar and water together in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and then add the chopped lemon rind. Return to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes, then remove from the heat, cover and cool. Strain out the rind and measure 1/4 cup of the syrup, retaining any unused simple syrup for a future use.
Measure 3/4 oz of the lemon juice into a shaker filled with ice. Add the 1/4 cup of infused simple syrup and the Grand Marnier. Stir and taste for sweetness; add additional simple syrup to taste.
Shake well and strain into salt-rimmed glasses (if desired). Garnish with a Meyer lemon twist.
Recipe by Gourmet Veggie Mama at http://www.gourmetveggiemama.com/2013/02/21/meyer-lemon-margaritas/