Pastel de Margarita

Margaritas son una necesidad para su fiesta del Cinco de Mayo, pero ¿has decidido qué hacer para el postre?

No, pues no te preocupes yo tengo una gran receta para ustedes ….. Pastel de Margarita!

¡Sí! Termine su fiesta del Cinco de Mayo con una nota dulce y sorprender a sus invitados con esta fabulosa Pastel de Margarita.

Hecho con los sabores de una margarita Classica – jugo de limón fresco, tequila y sal. Este está para chuparse los dedos.

Cubierto con celestial crema batida fresco hecho con tequila, rodajas de limón fresco y una pizca de sal fuerte este pastel será el éxito de la fiesta!

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El Mangarita

Estoy obsesionado con Downton Abbey, sin programa en PBS. Me gusta ver la serie y disfruta de un buena botella de champagne. Cuando me enteré de que theKitchn publicó una serie de cócteles dedicado a Downton Abbey De inmediato salió corriendo y compré unas cuantas botellas de champán y una botella de St-Germain, un licor de flor de saúco.

Mi bebida favorita de la serie es la Lady Sybil, que consiste en ginebra, St-Germain y champagne brut frío. Si usted disfruta de Downton Abbey, estos cócteles hacen la experiencia visual mucho más agradable.

Cocktail Consejo: Una botella de St-Germain se hace sin conservantes, por lo que una botella debe acabar en el plazo de seis meses.

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Coctel  de Piña y Limón con Tequila

Spring is here!  I can’t tell you how excited this Texan is spruce up her backyard, dust off the outdoor furniture and entertain outside again.  Nothing beats a day of feasting on great food with family and friends outside.  And of course we need a festive Spring cooler to sip on as we chat the day away.

This Pineapple-Lime Tequila Cooler has Spring written all over it. Refreshing, colorful, sweet and brimming with tequila –really what else does one need? 

Cocktail Tip: Slice your limes paper thin using a mandolin or super sharp knife.  Use them to make ice cubes or float in cooler for a festive touch.  Also as they float they soak in all that tequila goodness, so feel free to nibble on them in between servings. Yum!  

Sweet Life Disclosure: The fine folks over at Partida Tequila were kind enough to send me Tequila as a gift, all opinions are my own.

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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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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

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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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Pecan Pie Margarita

I am up to my elbows in groceries, silverware and football decorations.  With the excitement of our Houston Texans playing this year on Thanksgiving Day (super stoked) I almost forgot to feature an amazing celebratory margarita. I mean turkey, football and tequila on the same day it’s almost too much for this chica!

Last year I featured Pumpkin and Cranberry and received rave reviews.  Guess I’m not the only gal addicted to tequila.

This year I had planned on combining pumpkin and cranberry, a sweet, savory margarita twist. But last week as I flipped through the latest Food Network magazine I spotted pecan pie soda – what? Swoon~

I just knew I had to play around with this idea. I made the syrup; actually I doubled the recipe in preparation for Thanksgiving and began adding tequila little by little. I wanted to taste the pecan infusion, but not end up with an extremely sweet margarita. I rimmed the glass with a mix of salt and brown sugar and what’s pecan pie without the tasty crust. A few snips with my cookie cutters, a quick bake and we are set.

Pecan Pie Margarita

I hope you’ll give it a try, even with a splash of sparkling water this syrup would make a great soda for the kiddos. But after an entire day day of cooking, cleaning and organizing add the tequila, a hefty dose. Relax, unwind and pat yourself on the back for another successful Thanksgiving accomplished.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Abrazos, besos y mucho carino!  

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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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Carrot Cucumber Margarita

We’re making the Easter bunny jealous today with a refreshing carrot cucumber margarita!

After a busy day of preparing the days festivities the adults will definitely need a refreshing margarita to help us wind down.  From the food, decorations, egg hunt, games, candy and the messy clean up the party most likely will stretch into the evening.  Lucky us.

I plan on unwinding with one of these gems.  Don’t you just love the intense orange?  It screams Spring!

The taste on the other hand soothes the tired, weary feet from a long day of chasing kids and dodging confetti filled cascarones. Thank goodness for my friend tequila.  Enjoy!

Last year ~ Carrot Margarita

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