Strawberry Sunset Lemon Drop by Soulfully Made.Prickly Pear Margarita by Palatable Pastime.Pineapple Margaritas by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks.Perfect Pina Colada by My Imperfect Kitchen.Frozen Peach Margaritas by Pies and Plots.Fresh Cherry Margaritas by The Crumby Cupcake.Blackberry Mojitos by The Chef Next Door.Screwmosa Cocktail by Food Lust People Love.Florida Cider Caipirinha by Gourmet Everyday.Watermelon Mint Mocktail by Bites of Wellness.Dreamsicle Mocktail by The Freshman Cook.Germain Gin and Tonic Cocktail by That Skinny Chick Can Bake Spiked Arnold Palmer Cocktails by Hardly A Goddess.Pimm’s Cup by Sew You Think You Can Cook.Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri by A Day in the Life on the Farm.Frozen Banana Daiquiri by Restless Chipotle.Boozy Rootbeer Float 2 Ways by My Life Cookbook.Blackberry Gin Mule by A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures.Shake together tequila, orange liqueur, lime juice and prickly pear syrup in a shaker with ice pour into prepared margarita glass garnish with lime slice and serve.įrom the kitchen of Simple Mixed Drink Recipes.Dip rim of margarita glass in water and then into colored salt.Place filtered juice in a clean saucepan with the sugar and lime juice, and bring to a boil, whisking until sugar dissolves, then remove from heat and cool.Filter prickly pear juice through a coffee filter you may have to switch filters as one bogs down, but you don’t want to skip this step.Place contents of saucepan in a food mill and puree, discarding solids.Cover pan and let sit in the hot water for thirty minutes. Quarter the fruits and place in a saucepan with 2-1/2 cups water bring to a boil then remove from heat.Prepare the syrup: trim cichlids (dark spots where thorns grow) from pears with a knife.1 ounce O3 Dekuyper Orange Liqueur (may sub triple sec).1-1/2 ounces 100% agave blanco (white) tequila.Pink colored hibiscus flower salt (as needed).One serving cocktail there will be a lot of prickly pear syrup extra Most of that time is for the syrup, but you can buy it if you are short on time Or old ladies like me will mutter nonsensical things under their breath at you (like I did with drunk pizza dude).īut anyhoo- enjoy. So if you are at home, you can do that, but out there in the world, please drink responsibly. If I fall asleep sipping this one before I hit send, you’ll know what happened, that I went all old-lady on you and nodded off. As for me, I had finished a grapefruit IPA at a local brewery before we went for dinner, so I wimpishly settled for a coke. They are afraid they will lose face if they just say they’ve had enough. You might end up like the guy who sat next to us at the pizza parlor up in Dayton tonight- I noticed his volume switch had been broken, and looking at how much craft brew was left in his glass, he should have demurely declined before showering me with an outlandish amount of f-bombs regarding some former female companion of his- all told in earnest to his drinking buddy (and unfortunately the rest of the restaurant as well) but that’s just it with some people. Please do a Facebook live video of yourself when you think you can talk these down. So you are looking at this drink thinking it is all girly and stuff. The flavor of it is quite interesting- like mixed berries with a hint of watermelon and bubblegum. Just four pears made quite a bit, but I am confident in freezing any extra I won’t use in a couple of weeks, but I doubt it will last that long. So I brought those home and easily made them into a syrup of the most astonishingly brilliant magenta color. We go ape over special and unusual ingredients. I snatched those things up righteously quick, because as a blogger, it’s what bloggers do. So imagine my delight when I was shopping at a local market, and there they were, just sitting there all sparkly with bloggerish delight, calling my name, the fruit of the cactus, the fresh prickly pear. This week, for #SundaySupper the theme is all about simple cocktails for summer. Prickly Pear Margarita is a real show stopper with its stunning color from a cactus pear syrup made simply from scratch.
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