Summer Potable Serial #1: Blackberry Margaritas
Summer is definitely upon us hither inward Phoenix. Today I mean value is going to survive the hottest twenty-four hours of the twelvemonth hence far amongst a forecasted high of 110. This is the fourth dimension of twelvemonth I get to wonder why it is I alive here. But I accept a puddle inward my backyard which makes it somewhat bearable. It's definitely going to brand grooming for my one-half marathon tricky since pretty presently fifty-fifty the lows volition survive inward the upper 80s or depression 90s. (Did you lot know I'm grooming to run a one-half marathon? I am. You tin privy follow my progress on my weight loss blog if you're interested.)
Anyway, I was toying amongst the stance of having a serial of weblog posts over the summertime of tasty adult beverages. I posted on my Facebook page quest for ideas too if people stance it was a proficient idea. They did too they offered upwardly roughly tasty sounding ideas, hence my stance is a go. I rely heavily on peer pressure, inward illustration you lot can't tell. So here's the offset imbibe inward my summertime adult imbibe weblog series.
I hadn't had a run a peril to flip through the virtually recent queso fundido burgers I had slated for the hubby too I to accept after that week. I simply had to enshroud the blackberries from my kiddos.
Blackberry Margaritas
Source: Cooking Light, June 2011
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 lime
1 loving cup water
1/2 loving cup sugar
1 loving cup 100% agave blanco tequila
3/4 loving cup Grand Marnier
2/3 loving cup fresh lime juice
12 ounces fresh blackberries
Combine 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated saccharide too kosher tabular array salt inward a dish. Cut lime into ix wedges; rub rims of 8 spectacles amongst 1 lime wedge. Dip rims of spectacles inward tabular array salt mixture. Combine H2O too 1/2 loving cup saccharide inward a microwave-safe drinking glass standard cup. Microwave at HIGH two 1/2 minutes, stirring to dissolve sugar; cool. Combine syrup, tequila, Grand Marnier, fresh lime juice, too blackberries inward a blender; procedure until smooth. Strain mixture through a cheesecloth-lined sieve over a pitcher; discard solids. Serve over ice. Garnish amongst remaining lime wedges.
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I honey me a proficient margarita too this definitely lucifer the bill. Although nosotros skipped the whole straining stride inward an attempt to salvage fourth dimension too teach to drinking sooner. However, that pretty much backfired because too then they were also thick too seedy. So nosotros threw roughly H2O ice into the blender too had frozen margaritas instead. Normally nosotros aren't frozen margarita people, but these were actually tasty.
Summer Drink #1 was deemed a success!
I loved the coloring of these margaritas!!
Anyway, I was toying amongst the stance of having a serial of weblog posts over the summertime of tasty adult beverages. I posted on my Facebook page quest for ideas too if people stance it was a proficient idea. They did too they offered upwardly roughly tasty sounding ideas, hence my stance is a go. I rely heavily on peer pressure, inward illustration you lot can't tell. So here's the offset imbibe inward my summertime adult imbibe weblog series.
I hadn't had a run a peril to flip through the virtually recent queso fundido burgers I had slated for the hubby too I to accept after that week. I simply had to enshroud the blackberries from my kiddos.
Blackberry Margaritas
Source: Cooking Light, June 2011
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 lime
1 loving cup water
1/2 loving cup sugar
1 loving cup 100% agave blanco tequila
3/4 loving cup Grand Marnier
2/3 loving cup fresh lime juice
12 ounces fresh blackberries
Combine 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated saccharide too kosher tabular array salt inward a dish. Cut lime into ix wedges; rub rims of 8 spectacles amongst 1 lime wedge. Dip rims of spectacles inward tabular array salt mixture. Combine H2O too 1/2 loving cup saccharide inward a microwave-safe drinking glass standard cup. Microwave at HIGH two 1/2 minutes, stirring to dissolve sugar; cool. Combine syrup, tequila, Grand Marnier, fresh lime juice, too blackberries inward a blender; procedure until smooth. Strain mixture through a cheesecloth-lined sieve over a pitcher; discard solids. Serve over ice. Garnish amongst remaining lime wedges.
*****
I honey me a proficient margarita too this definitely lucifer the bill. Although nosotros skipped the whole straining stride inward an attempt to salvage fourth dimension too teach to drinking sooner. However, that pretty much backfired because too then they were also thick too seedy. So nosotros threw roughly H2O ice into the blender too had frozen margaritas instead. Normally nosotros aren't frozen margarita people, but these were actually tasty.
Summer Drink #1 was deemed a success!
I loved the coloring of these margaritas!!
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