Red Cactus Margarita Alcohol Optional Food

RED CACTUS MARGARITA - ALCOHOL OPTIONAL

Steps:

• Combine everything but the sliced lime and sugar in a blender, adding more ice if necessary to make the mixture slushy.
• Prepare glasses, by moistening rims with lime slice and dip in plate of sugar.
• Fill glasses and garnish with lime wheel slices.
• For a non-alcoholic version, omit Tequila and replace Triple Sec with reconstituted orange juice.

RED LOBSTER MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a pitcher and stir until dissolved.
• Add fruit juices.
• Mix in liquors and stir well.
• Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

CACTUS MARGARITA

Steps:

• Mix together on the rocks or blend well in blender.

WHITE CACTUS

Steps:

• Pour ingredients over ice and garnish with lime wedge.

CACTUS FRUIT COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Place the prickly pears in a blender and pulse until liquefied. Strain the juice into a small bowl (you should have about 1 cup of juice).
• Fill a large cocktail shaker with ice, add the prickly pear juice, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and sugar and shake vigorously.
• Pour into glasses filled with ice, rimmed with salt or sugar, if you like. Garnish with lime slices.

PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS MARGARITA

Steps:

• Pour salt into a small plate. Wet the rim of a margarita glass and dip rim into salt.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; pour tequila, sweet and sour mix, triple sec, lime juice, and pear syrup over ice. Cover shaker and shake drink; strain into prepared margarita glass.

BLUE CACTUS MARGARITAS

Steps:

• To make Prickley Pear Margarita Mix:.
• In a blender add your bottle (1 liter) of Margarita mix. I usually just cut the cactus pears in half and scoop out the pink flesh. Add the fruit's flesh to the blender and blend until smooth.
• Strain mixture through a fine sieve or rice strainer. Press the pulp down to get any remaining liquid out.
• I usually pour strained mix back into margarita mix bottle and use the little left in the bottom of the container to make my first drink.
• For each drink:.
• Fill shaker half full of ice.
• Add 2 oz tequila, 3/4 oz blue curacao and the juice of half a lime.
• Shake well and strain into a 12 ounce glass that's been dipped in margarita salt and packed with ice. Pour Prickly Pear Margarita mix to the top and serve.
• Garnish with lime.
• Should make about 8 drinks.