Cactus Margarita Recipes

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.

FROZEN CACTUS PEAR MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Place tequila, orange liqueur, cactus pear juice, lime juice, and ice in a blender and blend until smooth. Carefully pour a few ounces of cactus pear juice onto a plate and a few ounces of salt onto another plate. Dip the rim of each margarita glass into the juice and then into the salt. Pour margaritas into each glass and garnish with a lime wedge.

CACTUS PEAR MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Place the tequila, Cointreau, cactus pear and lime juices, and ice in a blender and pulse until smooth.
• If using salt for garnish, rub a lime wedge around the rims of the glasses and dip the rims into a saucer of coarse salt.
• Divide the mixture among 4 margarita glasses; garnish each with a lime wedge.

FROZEN CACTUS PEAR MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Combine tequila, orange-flavored liqueur, cactus pear syrup, lime juice and ice in a blender and blend until smooth and frothy. Serve in rocks glass and garnish with lime.
• Cactus Pear a.k.a Prickly Pear: The pulp of these cactus fruits is a brilliant red or, occasionally, a yellowish green, and it tastes a bit like watered-down watermelon. Cooks exploit the color by adding slices of the pulp to fruit salads, or by pureeing it and straining out the seeds. They're quite popular in Hispanic countries and around the Mediterranean.

CACTUS PEAR MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Rub lime wedge around the rim of cocktail glasses and dip the rim into a saucer of coarse salt. Place tequila, Cointreau, cactus pear and lime juice and ice cubes in a blender and blend until frothy. Divide among glasses.

CACTUS MARGARITA

Steps:

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

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.