Spicy Strawberry Margarita – Margarita de Fresa Picante

I’m spicing it up this Valentine’s Day with a margarita that is sure to have your loved ones feeling the heat.  Using one of my favorite chiles, dried chile piquins are grinded with sugar to make a sinfully spicy paste that really kicks up the classic simple syrup. Combine this chile infused simple syrup with strawberry juice, tequila and lime juice to create this Spicy Margarita.

Fiery flavor plus a burst of cooling fresh fruit juice – Happy Valentine’s Day!  

Margarita de Fresa Picante

Estoy agregando calor picante para mi día de San Valentín de este año con una margarita que está seguro de que sus seres queridos sientan el calor. Utilizando uno de mis chiles favoritos, piquins chile secos se muelen con el azúcar hasta formar una pasta pecaminosamente picante que se empiece a levantar el jarabe simple clásico. Combine esto Chile infunde jarabe simple con jugo de fresa, el tequila y el jugo de limón para crear esta Spicy Margarita.

Sabor ardiente con un explosión de jugo de fruta fresca – Feliz Día de San Valentín!

I like to use fresh juice for all my margaritas, but a few of my readers have asked if fresh can be substituted with store-purchased.  Of course, but please select a quality juice. 

Me gusta usar jugo fresco para todos mis margaritas, pero algunos de mis lectores han preguntado si el jugo fresco se puede sustituir con la que comparan el la tienda. Por supuesto, pero por favor seleccionar un jugo de calidad.

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Blackberry Margarita

Mami spent her summer’s picking blackberries, carefully washing them and sorting them in freezer bags for the winter.   We had a cluster of large bushes in our backyard that seem to explode overnight with blackberries.  Our next door neighbor would also collect as much as he could to make jam.  They would spend hours with a bucket at their sides, picking blackberries and talking. They talked family, friends and recipes. 

We were the runners.  We were in charge of carrying the crammed bucket inside, placing the berries in a huge strainer and returning the empty bucket.  As soon as our feet hit the kitchen we would cram as many of the plump berries into our mouths.  We thought we were smart, she knew.

One day I walked over to our neighbor’s house to borrow a cup of sugar.  He was quietly stirring a huge stock pot of berries.  Slowly the wooden spoon would stir, stir, stir… 

“Is the jam almost ready?”  I asked

“Jam?” he said, no darling I’m making wine.

Blackberry wine.  Nice.

Well this sweet concoction might not be wine, but I’d like to think if my neighbor still lived next door to my mami today we would spend the day picking berries. But instead of making wine we would toast with a sweet margarita.

Love thy neighbor people!       

I’m happy to announce that I am now a member of the Cooking Light Blogger’s Connection.

Please enjoy my first recipe with Cooking Light- blackberry Margarita from Cooking Light ~

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Peach Margarita

Texas is truly blessed with breathtaking peaches each year.

 I love them.

The sweet taste of peaches evokes my childhood; summer days spent eating raspas or ice cream with a chin full of sugary drizzle slowly making its way down your neck.

Sweet heaven I tell ya!

The smell of peaches remind me of the first time I took my kids peach picking with their papi and luscious peaches were used in the first dessert I baked for my new husband (mi carino).

A true Texas peach is sweet, but beefy and makes you smile all day.

I’ve kicked up one of my favorite flavors with a splash of tequila, Enjoy~

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Orange Papaya Margarita

Fresh orange juice, fresh papaya juice kicked up a notch with Tequila!

Add a splash of fresh lime juice and you got yourself a glass of sunshine. Drink it up my fellow tequila lovers because this bad boy has got to be one of my favorite margaritas to date.

And there’s been a Bunch!

What are you waiting for? Bust out those juicers-blenders and get started.

Enjoy~

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Broiled Grapefruit Margarita with Candied Grapefruit Slices

It’s National Margarita Day!

Heads up my tequila loving, margarita making, salt rim dippers….

Today we celebrate everything Margaritas!!

Margaritas brimming with the flavor of grapefruit, sweet!

I think broiled grapefruit often gets a bad rap. Often considered boring, bland and only for breakfast.

Sad.  I love it!

Well today we are throwing caution to the wind and serving up this breakfast treat with a splash of tequila, heck ya!

Big juicy grapefruits topped with brown sugar and broiled until plump, golden and sticky good.

Add tequila, lime juice and Cointreau, can it get any better? Oh ya, we’re topping this Rita off with a thin slice of candied grapefruit (remember to save the leftover candied grapefruit syrup for the margaritas).

Are you excited yet?

This margarita taste like South Texas: Warm, Comforting, Homey

And to help me celebrate everything Texas I’ve teamed up with Texas Citrus to GIVEAWAY boxes of South Texas goodness.

Grapefruit! We are giving away Grapefruits, Grapefruits, Grapefruits!

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Good Luck!!

I wanted to leave you with plenty of inspiration to celebrate this joyous occasion.

An entire page devoted for my love of the margarita! Margarita Love

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Sparkling Citrus Margaritas

I’m ringing in the New Year with a fun twist on the Margarita. Last year I created a margarita from our family tradition of las doce uvas, but this year I’m vamping up my margarita with a bit of the bubbly.  A hint of fresh citrus, a touch of sweetness, topped off with champagne and you’re ready to ring in the New Year.

Here’s to ringing in 2013 in style. Enjoy!   

There’s nothing like ringing in the New Year with a little bubbly

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Prickly Pear Margarita

I’m in California!!  I had just unpacked from my trip to NYC when my parents decided to visit my little brother in California and of course I just had to tag along.  Before we left I had a basket of prickly pears that I couldn’t let go to waste, so a few went in for an agua for the kids and a few for a pitcher of margaritas for the adults.

To make the prickly pear fresh juice in a blender add peeled and diced prickly pears. Blend until smooth and strain for seeds. The airy shade of lime was the complete opposite from the bright pink shade when I made these margaritas earlier last year.  Enjoy!!

Prickly pears also known as tunas are the fruit found on nopales. In either red or green they can be found in many Latin markets in the produce section. The outside skin contains spines so please be careful.

Our local grocery store has them with the spines removed or even peeled and ready to eat. I prefer to peel my own simply for freshness. The interior in lined with small seeds. Your blender should have no problem breaking these down, but strain your water for any little bits that may have lingered. Enjoy!!

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Plum Pineapple Margarita

I’ve been hoarding plums from my kids. Isn’t that horrible?  Tiny piles, stashed near the fridge, next to the basket of potatoes where I know they would never look.

There I said it. Out loud. I’m a plum hoarder.

The thing is I picked up a few plums at the grocery store last week.  And they were SO juicy, plump and sweet I knew I just had to make a margarita.  

The next day they were ALL GONE.  All of them, what? This happened three times over the course of the last week. KIDS!

So late Sunday night I headed to the store in my raggedy jeans, along with my little sister and went plum picking, again. 

Then I went home and HID them, all of them.  Last night I retrieved my hidden plums and preceded to assemble my juicer when I heard tiny footsteps, and there they were.. these kids… I swear.

What’s a plum hoarder to do? Give in and share. Can you blame them? They are SO juicy, plump and sweet.

Mother of the year I tell you.

Lucky for them I had half of a pineapple to throw into the mix and guess what? It made the margarita even better.  A sweet cotton candy shade of pink swirled with a pop of pineapple.  OH yes, so sweet!

Plum hoarding is overrated.  Enjoy!

Love Margaritas? Then be sure to stop by my Margarita Love page. 

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Valley Lemon Margarita

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Well in South Texas when life gives you Valley Lemons you make Margaritas!!

And you also make; lemonade, paletas, marinade, salad dressing and cookies.  But let’s be honest your here for the Margaritas!! I tasted my first Valley lemon when we moved here 2 years ago and have been hooked ever since.  Their juice is sweeter than a regular lemon and the flesh is plump, somewhat like a orange.  At $3.00 a bag which consist of around 9 -10 huge valley lemons they are too good to pass up.  They are a star in my kitchen and hubby enjoys them whole sprinkled with salt.  Don’t worry if Valley lemons are not available in your area, read on for a fun fact.

“Meyer lemon was introduced from China in 1908. While not a true lemon, its fruit are used as a lemon substitute despite being much less acid than true lemons. Its fruit, which are moderately seedy, resemble a large orange in shape, peel color and pulp color. The tree is spreading and relatively small, nearly thornless and more cold tolerant than true lemons. Because of its popularity in south Texas, ‘Meyer’ lemon is known locally as Valley lemon.”

from tamu.edu.com

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Orange Persimmon Margarita

Confession: The plan was to make a salad. This salad. I’m not sure when the salad plan went awry and the juicer came out.

Funny how that happens.

The outcome was gorgeous. I am simply in love with this shade of orange.

Like sunshine in a glass..that you drink…mixed with tequila. This margarita made my week. Gloomy days got a kick of citrus flavor swimming in persimmon sweetness. Enjoy!!

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