Prickly Pear Margarita Food

PRICKLY PEAR MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Add the tequila, triple sec, lime juice and prickly pear puree to a pitcher and mix well. Chill for at least 4 hours.
• When ready to serve, spread some salt on a small plate. Run a lime slice around the rim of each glass. Dip the glass rims in the salt to coat. Fill the glasses with ice and pour the margarita mix over. Garnish with a lime slice.

PRICKLY PEAR MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Prepare margarita glass rim by dipping into lime juice, and then coarse salt.
• Put ice into a shaker.
• Add tequila, Grand Marnier, fruit and sweet and sour.
• Shake vigorously and pour into prepared margarita glass.
• Garnish with a wedge of lime.
• *Use very ripe uncooked fruit, cleaned and peeled.
• You can just slice off the stickers, if the store didn't do it for you.
• You peel a prickly pear fruit by very carefully slicing down one side of the fruit, then, using the knife, pulling back the peel until you come all the way around the fruit.
• Then puree it with either a food processor or blender, and chill.

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.