Showing posts with label Tequila. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tequila. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Cranberry Lime Margarita

July 24 is National Tequila Day!!

Why not celebrate with a Cranberry Lime Margarita?

It was a Saturday morning. I left to go out for coffee and shopping with Ericka (who would be returning with her hubby later that evening for dinner at our house)

I told Jon I wanted some kinda tequila cocktails for our dinner party that night and I wanted them to be pink!

My awesome hubby came up with this!

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Cranberry Lime Margaritas
2 oz reposado tequila
3 oz cranberry juice
1 oz lime juice, fresh squeezed
2 oz triple sec
lime slice for garnish

Shake tequila, cramberry juice, lime juice and triple sec in a shaker with ice.
Pour into glasses and garnish with lime.

Ericka and I decided this would be nice rimmed with sugar (for Ericka) or salt (for me). Also we both would have preferred it on the rocks... still shaken... but on the rocks.

These were so good! Exactly what I was looking for!

Great job!! Thanks Baby!!

Looking for more tequila recipes?

How about a Rested Rosemary
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or a POM-a-RITA
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Happy National Tequila Day!! It's 5 o'clock somewhere, right?

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Rested Rosemary

Many a Saturday morning coffee with Ericka ends with a leisurely stroll through Sur La Table.

Prior to one of the more recent Sur La Table excursions with Ericka, I had just received a case of POM Wonderful, 100% Pomegranate Juice in the mail. While browsing through the store a book stopped me in my tracks.

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I LOVE tequila.

My favorite tequila is Sauza Hornitos Reposado. (just typing that makes me think "mmmmmm")

Look at that curvy sexy bottle with the agave catcus at the top....
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A quick thumb through, in the middle of the book on page 56... a tequila cocktail that calls for pomegranate juice! And it wasn't a Margarita!

Not that I don't LOVE Pomegranate Margaritas! I absolutely DO love them. But, I already made one. Remember?

It was a sign. I had to buy that book!

Unfortunately, I think that was the weekend that I ended up with H1N1. UGH!

I didn't have it bad, but that cough hung on for about 3 weeks. Feeling yucky, not really into the alcohol, know what I mean?

But last week, I finally started feeling more myself. Plus I had purchased some rosemary for the Roasted Rosemary Butternut Squash Penne. I finally decided.

It was time!

Rested Rosemary

1 fresh rosemary sprig
1/2 oz agave nectar
1 1/2 oz reposado tequila
2 oz pomegranate juice

Pull 10 - 12 needles from the bottom of the rosemary sprig and put them in a cocktail shaker. Add agave nectar, tequila and pomegranate juice and muddle.

Fill cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into high ball glass with fresh ice. Garnish with the rosemary sprig.

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(yeah... time for a new bottle of tequila!)

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I really enjoyed this drink. Jon and I both thought the rosemary was very subtle.

I think next time I'd muddle more rosemary needles with agave nectar and let them rest for awhile to add a little more rosemary flavor. Oh yes... there will be a next time!

This drinks rocks!!

Friday, September 11, 2009

POM-a-RITA ~ Oh yeah!!

Molly over at POM Wonderful was kind enough to send me a case of POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice.

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I have to say... I was pretty excited when it arrived in the mail yesterday.

Eight, eight ounce bottles of that fabulous, deep, rich, red, tart and sweet juice!

What to make first? Ok... yesterday was a little busy. So I just popped it in the fridge to ponder my options.

I was remembering the Pomegranate Jelly one of my co-workers in California used to bring to work. It was sooooo good!!! I always wanted to try my hand at making it, but prepping all those pomegranates? That seemed like a lot of work. Maybe I can make some with this juice!!

But that's definitely not a Friday night project.

The perfect Friday night project would be a POM-a-RITA!

My husband Jon makes the BEST margaritas on the planet. I know if we have all of the ingredients in the house, all I have to do is ask and he'll make me a margarita that will totally melt away all the stress of the day in just two sips.

So when I got home tonight, I asked him to make me one, but with POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice instead of sweet & sour.

He readily agreed! YAY! He's so cool. =)

Thanks Baby!! *kiss*

So he gathered the ingredients.

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OK... how lame is that pic?? My kitchen is so small that I have no place that doesn't have the coffee maker & supplies, the kitchen sink, the toaster oven, the FoodSaver, or a bunch of spices that don't fit in the spice cabinet, in the background... so every once in a while, when the background just looks too busy... I pull out this white project board.

It really isn't any better.

Oh well... someday I'll have a big spacious kitchen...

Anyway... this is what you need.

POM-a-RITA
2 parts Sauza Hornitos Reposado (my FAVORITE tequila)
1 part triple sec
3 parts POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice
a little Rose's Lime Juice
a lime, cut into wedges
ice
salt

Pour about a tablespoon of Rose's Lime Juice in a saucer and dip the rim of a glass in it.
Then dip the rim of the glass into some Kosher salt.
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Set the glass aside.

Fill a cocktail shaker about 2/3rds full of ice.
Pour the Rose's Lime Juice into the shaker and add the tequila, triple sec, POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice.

Cover and shake vigorously, then pour into the salt rimmed glass.

Squeeze 3 or 4 lime wedges (I love lime) into the glass, toss the squeezed lime wedges into the glass.

Enjoy!!

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These were AWESOME!!!

Perfect mix of sweet and tart for a perfect POM-a-RITA!

You will definitely see more POM recipes here!!

If you haven't tried POM Wonderful 100% Pomegranate Juice yet, run out and get some now!

Not only does it taste great, it's wicked healthy!!

Healthy AND tastes good?? Don't believe me? Check THIS out!

Thanks Molly!! You ROCK!!

Monday, May 4, 2009

Margarita Jello Shots & Margarita Cake

These are always a BIG hit at my Cinco de Mayo parties and they're so easy to make!

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They look like little cups of Nyquil!

This is all you need!
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Plus some of these...
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Margarita Jello Shots
2 cups boiling water
1 box lime jello
1 1/3 C tequila
2/3 C triple sec

Dissolve jello in boiling water.
Stir in tequila & triple sec.
Pour into little plastic cups.
Refrigerate until completely set.
Enjoy!

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I make this in my big 4 cup measuring cup, because it's easy to pour into little cups.
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Completely dissolve jello in boiling water.
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Add tequila & triple sec.
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Pour into little plastic cups.
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I put the little cups on a cookie sheet incase I spilled.
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Now into the fridge.
I put them in a Tupperware container to help keep them safe from spillage in the fridge.
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Oh yeah!! It's Margarita Jello Shot time!!!
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I had to loosen them with a knife to be able to suck them out of the cup.
A little bit of work... but they're always fun!!

And on to the Margarita Cake!!

I actually posted this a while back. But I made them into cupcakes and frosted them.

Click the cupcakes to check out the original post.
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Margarita Cake
Cake:
1 (18.25 ounce) package lemon cake mix
1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
1/4 cup lime juice
1/4 cup tequila
2 tablespoons triple sec liqueur
zest of one small lime

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare Cupcake pans... or grease and flour a 10 inch bundt pan
In a large bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, water, lime juice 1/4 cup tequila, 2 tablespoons triple sec and lime zest.
Beat for 2 minutes.
5. Spoon into cupcake cups or pour batter into prepared pan
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 17 minutes for cupcakes or 26 to 31 minutes for 13 x 9 pan, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove to rack and pour glaze over cupcakes or cake while still warm.

Glaze
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon tequila
2 tablespoons triple sec liqueur
2 tablespoons lime juice
To make the glaze:
In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar with 1 tablespoon tequila, 2 tablespoons triple sec and 2 tablespoons lime juice. Mix until smooth.

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Preheat oven to 350F

Beat all ingredients together.
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Pour into greased 13x9 pan.
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Bake 26 to 31 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove to rack and glaze.
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I made the glaze in a measuring cup that I could easily pour from to make glazing easier.

Whisk up the glaze.
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Prick cake all over with a fork or toothpick and cover with glaze.
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Pour glaze evenly over entire cake.
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This cake is soooo moist and delicious!

Everyone loves it!! I hope you do too!!
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