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Prickly Pear Margarita
The pear makes this drink deliciously tart - if you want it sweeter, add more simple syrup
Stephen WayneIngredients
- 1 Martini Glass
- 2 oz. Tequila
- 1/2 oz. Cointreau
- 3/4 oz. Freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/4 oz. Simply Syrup
- 1/3 of pear blended Prickly Pear
Instructions
- 1Cut off ends of Prickly Pear
- 2Peel the Prickly Pear
- 3Blend the Prickly Pear in a mini food processor
- 4Add Tequila, Cointreau, Lime Juice, Simple Syrup and Prickly Pear to a shaker and add ice and shake well
- 5Pour into a martini glass and enjoy
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A pitcher of something cold buys you time. You can hand people a glass, get back to the kitchen, and nobody stands around wondering what to do with their hands.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when friends are coming over on short notice, when it's a birthday, or when it's just Friday and the porch is finally cool enough to sit on.
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Quick Tips
- 1
Squeeze the limes fresh
Bottled juice tastes flat in a margarita. One medium lime gives you about 1 ounce, so plan two limes per two drinks.
- 2
Salt only half the rim
Run a lime wedge around half the glass and dip it in coarse salt, so anyone who doesn't want it can drink from the other side.
- 3
Freeze the fruit first
For frozen mango or strawberry margaritas, use fruit straight from the freezer and skip the ice — you get 2 cups of thick drink instead of a watery one.
- 4
Mix punch ahead, add fizz late
Stir vodka and fruit punch together up to 4 hours early, then pour in the ginger ale right before guests arrive so it's still bubbly.
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