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It’s Cinco de Mayo, Cheers!

May 5| posted in - Cinco de Mayo, cocktails

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Here’s a delicious and refreshing cocktail to toast the day to, a Prickly Pear Margarita. All you need are some chips, guacamole, margarita glasses, salt and some good friends to start the party! Here’s the recipe

Makes: 7 cups; 8 servings

Ingredients

1 1/4 pounds green or red prickly pear fruit

1 cup lime juice

1 cup tequila

3/4 cup orange-flavor liqueur

2 tablespoons sugar

4 cups crushed ice

Thin lime slices (optional)

Preparation

1. Cut ends from prickly pears. Cut a 1/8-inch-deep lengthwise slit through peel on each fruit. Pull back peel and remove from pulp; discard peel. Cut fruit pulp into 1/2-inch chunks.

2. In a blender, combine half of all these ingredients: prickly pear chunks, lime juice, tequila, orange liqueur, and sugar; whirl until smooth. Add half the ice and whirl until blended. Pour into glasses slowly, leaving seeds behind. Discard seeds.

3. Repeat step 2 with remaining pear chunks, lime juice, tequila, liqueur, sugar, and ice.

4. Garnish with lime slices.

Cheers!